If you are looking for a pristine, like new, completely rebuilt, ground-up restoration, look somewhere else. This is not a brand new aircraft built around an original data plate.

This is a gorgeous, rare example of a low time, original, 78 year old aircraft. She has less than 1,400 hours total time since new, approximately 175 hours since major overhaul on the engine and no major damage history. She has a fresh 100 hourly. She is in beautiful shape, but is still in her original skin, has most of her original instruments and shows a patina consistent with a genuine antique.

Originally part of an order of 48 Ryan ST-Ms made by the Netherlands Government in Exile for Netherlands East Indies Naval Air Force, she was built at the end of 1940 and shipped to Java.

In 1942, she and all of the other surviving Ryans were shipped to Australia for use in training Dutch pilots for the war effort. After initial use by Dutch pilots in Australia, she and the other 34 Ryan STMs were taken over by RAAF and given the designation Ryan Trainer. She seems to have been used primarily for general flying, rather than training, however.