Fairchild 45

what is it?

The Fairchild Model 45 was a 1930s American five-seat cabin monoplane aircraft designed and built by Fairchild.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 274 km/htop speed
• range 1,046 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,814 kgmax take-off weight
• built 17made 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,046 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1935

number built

17

role

five-seat cabin monoplane

makers

Fairchild

engines

1× Wright R-760-E2 7-cylinder radial piston engine

length

9.2 m

wingspan

12 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

1,814 kg

top speed

274 km/h

range

1,046 km

ceiling

5,700 m

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