92158 Ryan NYO "Spirit of St. Louis"  - RS Models


        1. Ryan, Charles A. Lindberg, First crossing of the Atl., May 20, 1927

          2. Ryan, Charles A. Lindberg, Latin American Goodwill Tour, 1928

          3. Ryan, Mainichi Shinbun / Japanese newspaper /, 1928

          4. Ryan, Mainichi Shinbun / Japanese newspaper /, 1927

Short history of model: The Spirit of St. Louis was an airplane – in which Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in May 1927. The airplane, originally designated Ryan NYP, was designed by Donald Hall of Ryan Airlines and was named after the city of St. Louis, because the city contributed financially to its construction. The plan to fly across the Atlantic was also fueled by the prospect of winning the $25,000 Orteig Prize, which was offered by hotelier Raymond Orteig in 1919. Hall and the Ryan Airlines staff, along with Lindbergh, worked diligently to build the plane. They built it in just 60 days, at a cost of about $10,000. They were in a hurry because in the spring of 1927, several pilots and groups were preparing to make a transatlantic flight and win the Orteig Prize. Lindbergh took off for the historic flight on the morning of May 20, 1927, from New York. He flew 3,600 miles (5,800 km) in 33 hours and 30.5 minutes without sleep, and after circling the Eiffel Tower, landed at Le Bourget Airport.

In 1927 Osaka Mainichi Shimbun purchased a sample, the 11th aircraft of the newspaper, and received the civilian register J-BACC. It was employed as a communications aircraft until 1937.
On April 27, 1928, pilot Haneta Fumio loaded the plane with enough gasoline for a 20h flight and took off from Kakamigahara airfield, Gifu Prefecture, at 05:02. He flew in an eastern direction, over Hamamatsu, Hakone, Tokorozawa, Sendai, then turned south, Tokyo, Shizuoka, Osaka, then continued until Takamatsu, and finally returned to Osaka where he landed at the Army parade grounds, at 18:25. He flew for 13h23min, a distance of 2,100km, a record flight. He wanted to fly for more and had enough fuel, but at that time night landings were extremely dangerous. So, basically he flew from early in the morning until darkness fell.