Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"
Built in about two months for Charles Lindbergh's solo nonstop flight from New York to Paris in May 1927. A fuel tank ahead of the cockpit left no forward window, so Lindbergh looked out sideways or through a periscope.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 84 kt
- Range
- 3,510 nm
Fuel
- Total capacity
- 1,700 l
- Main tank
- 795 l
- Fuselage tank
- 333 l
- Wing tanks
- 575 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 53 l/h
Fuel burn at typical cruise.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 0
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 1
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 2,329 kg
- Empty weight
- 975 kg
Licence and training
- Extra training or endorsements
- Tailwheel · High-performance endorsement (FAA, over 200 hp)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Ryan
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1927
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2020 · 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 8.43 m
- Wingspan
- 14.02 m
- Height
- 3 m
- Fuselage width
- 1 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.7 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"Length 8.43 m
- de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Mk I BeaverLength 9.25 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" in the simulator
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