[2] Starting his career as a draftsman for the Glen L. Martin Company.
His five early racing designs built in a casket factory were state of the art monoplanes of the era.
Despite large payoffs in the height of the depression, Rider fell into debt with the Story-Gawley Propeller company.
He founded the Union Aircraft Company as a subsidiary of Story-Gawley to produce an aircraft that would provide enough winnings to pay off the debts, and seek future profits.
In 1941 the parent company Story-Gawley was absorbed by Industrial Forming.