Ein großes Dankeschön an Matthias und allen anderen, die zu diesem großen Faden durch das Jahr beigetragen haben. Ich wünsche Ihnen und allen unseren Freunden bei Meier Motors den besten für das neue Jahr 2016 . 🙂

^^ I’m hoping Google translate hasn’t embarrassed me too much! 😀
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A big thank you to Matthias and all the others who have contributed to this great thread throughout the year . I wish you and all our friends at Meier Motors the best for the New Year 2016. 🙂

A beautifully restored example of a Ryan, until I read this…

It was bought by an owner in Arizona who wanted an STA, so he had it remanufactured (at great expense) a few years back to STA spec with internal longerons and small cockpit cutouts.

Noooo!!!!!

A quick search and I find out that this aeroplane was delivered to the NEIAF as S-37 and was then transferred to the RAAF as A50-1. So, another historic aeroplane loses its identity… 🙁

I think you will find that this engine is quite a hybrid, like the Spitfire it was fitted to. IIRC, it has a Merlin III bottom end, possibly a Merlin 102 supercharger and wheel case, later type two piece cylinder banks, and by the looks of it, possibly no crankshaft. Ignore the BS story on the presentation plate.
Caveat emptor….

Looks like a trim wheel out of a Yak, but it’s not.

Congratulations to Jerry Yagen and the MeierMotors team, BTW, for getting another DB605 engined Buchon/Bf109 airborne. I love the sound of the DB engines!:applause: