Fairchild 22

what is it?

The Fairchild 22 Model C7 is an American two-seat touring or training monoplane designed and built by the Kreider-Reisner division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation at Hagerstown, Maryland. The aircraft has a parasol wing configuration and was used with a variety of engines; 127 were produced from 1931 to 1935.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · parasol wing · tail-wheel gear · 10.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 214 km/htop speed
• range 563 kmwithout refuelling
• size 794 kgmax take-off weight
• built 127made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 95 years ago, in 1931.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1931

number built

127

role

two-seat light touring or training monoplane

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Fairchild

engines

1× Warner Super Scarab 7-cylinder radial piston engine

length

6.8 m

wingspan

10.1 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

794 kg

top speed

214 km/h

range

563 km

ceiling

6,095 m

wings

parasol wing

landing gear

tail-wheel gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.