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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Mr. Thomas A. Ryan
Matt Ryan soloed in a Curtis Jenny in 1919. Founded the airport out of a cornfield in Marshall, Minnesota in 1933 and was subsequently named Ryann field. The airport trained many WWII pilots under CPT/WTS.
He ended his career as Director of Secondary Airports for the Airports Commission in Minneapolis/ St. Paul.
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