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John Ryan Moran

Race # 91

Aircraft:
Glasair III – “Breaking Wind”

Biography

John “Ryan” Moran grew up on a horse farm outside Atlanta in what was then rural Georgia. With family ties to South Florida, Ryan spent much time there growing up and now calls it home. Growing up around horses he naturally lives in Wellington. Ryan enjoys the water and is an avid sailor and free diver. Ryan works in the aviation industry as a pilot.

Breaking Wind (Race 91) is a (mostly) stock Glasair III. Completed in 2001, she sports a 79” McCauley prop mounted to a normally aspirated Lycoming IO-540 with combination electronic/magneto ignition. She has a ram air intake for the induction and inverted fuel and oil. For added stability a ventral fin with extended rudder have been added.