RYCO Aviation

About Us
  • RYCO Aviation, Inc. is a company affiliated with Ryan Insurance Services. RYCO provides expert recovery services for any make and model of aircraft, anywhere in our service area and beyond. Once removed from a crash site, we transport the aircraft with our own equipment to our secure lock-up facility in Biddeford Maine, where it remains until it is sold by or on behalf of the insurer or owner.

    As a result, Ryan Insurance Services, Inc. and RYCO Aviation, Inc. is able to provide "One Stop Shopping" for the insurer. Once we are called, we handle all the details, thus freeing the company supervisor or adjuster for other matters.
Facilities
  • RYCO Aviation owns a hangar and office complex at 87 Landry St., Biddeford, Maine (on the Biddeford Municipal Airport) (B19).
  • In addition, RYCO owns two additional hangar buildings of approximately 1,600 sq.ft. each.
  • All buildings are alarmed with security systems and night lighting.
  • Sign-In and Sign-Out required of all personnel entering or working within.
Equipment
  • 1966 Cessna 182J, N3019F, instrument-equipped, updated avionics and navigation aids; S-Tec 50 auto pilot slaved to a Garmin 430. Extremely clean and cared-for so as to present the best appearance for our customers. Used solely by Ryan Insurance Services.
  • Tilt-bed, steel aircraft trailer, twin axle, electric brakes; designed by Jim Cobb and built to rigid specifications to handle any single and most light twin aircraft.
  • Access to heavy road equipment for hauling larger aircraft.
  • We own our own tools, chains and chain binders, power equipment, tarps and other assorted equipment necessary for recovery and transport operations.
Capabilities
  • Extraction of an aircraft from any terrain or water
  • Secure and alarmed storage facilities
  • Restricted access to facilities on a need basis only
  • We can handle the bid publishing, awarding and delivery of salvage for companies without a salvage bid program.
  • Lay-out inspections
  • Heated work bench area for inspection of parts and components
  • Easy visitor access since we are at an airport and just off the Maine Turnpike
  • Fully insured for over-the-road transport, warehouse liability and hangarkeeper's liability.
  • All loads are carefully covered before leaving a crash site for the open road, cognizant of the sensitivity on the public mind associated with transport of aircraft wreckage.