Ryan International Corporation
In 1957, three years after graduating from The Ohio State University with a degree in electrical engineering, Ryan formed Dytronics Company. Dytronics incorporated in the state of Ohio five years later. His company did considerable business with the aerospace industry and some of his equipment was used for the ground-based support in placing the first man on the moon.
Ryan's love of flying began even earlier. As a teenager, his paper route money went for flying lessons. He took ground school as a student at OSU. Ryan began to fly shortly after graduation.
A memorable flight in the early 1970s - an encounter with a thunderstorm - led to the development of a weather mapping system, the Ryan StormScope. The device uses electrical activity associated with thunderstorms to create a map of hazardous weather. Introduced in 1976 at the Reading Air Show, the Ryan StormScope was an instant success.
Ryan sold his StormScope to the 3M Corporation in 1981, the same year that Dytronics Company became Ryan International Corporation. He continued to manufacture the Ryan StormScope for 3M until 1987 when 3M built its own manufacturing facility. Left with people, a building, and money - but no product - Ryan and his staff again turned their attention to flight safety, focusing on mid-air collisions.
The result was the Ryan TCAD® (Traffic & Collision Alert Device), introduced to the aviation market in 1990. The FAA-approved Ryan TCAD is an on-board electronic air traffic display used to identify potential collision threats. There are currently six models offering various features and pricing.
Today, Ryan International offers a wide range of high quality instrumentation to help pilots cope with their greatest concern: mid-air collisions.
Ohio-based, Ryan International is uniquely positioned to continue its long heritage of innovation and service to the aviation industry.