Bill Allen in San Diego sent us an update on his Ryan STM:
We had our 1940 Ryan STM -2 up at Rick Atkins for it's second restoration. The spare Supercharged C4S was with Brad Ball in Santa Paula for overhaul. Rick got her going in early September and we were hopeful of entering the Rolls Royce Heritage Invitational in Reno. Rick borrowed Jimmy Rollison's prop as ours was not getting the proper manifold pressure at Placerville CA.
Anyway we ended up trucking her down, putting her together, winning the Hap Arnold Award for Best War bird. This is the third win in the National Aviation Heritage Inviational for planes that Ragtime Aero - Rick Atkins restored! He won with Ben Scott's Speedmail, our Stearman C3R and now the Ryan! We love RICK!
I trucked her home to San Diego and Rick and I put her together again. I now have 7 flights on her with Rollison's prop. Since he wants it back, we put our prop on there and are in the process of trying to get it to track within 1/8 inch or less - not cooperating yet!
