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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1928 Fairchild 71: Sherman Carr· Public domain
- 2. Fairchild 71C: Bzuk· Public domain
- 3. AL77B-063 Fairchild 71 cn 628 NC9114 Grand Central Air Terminal (14517589891): San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives· Public domain
- 4. Fairchild 71 Canadian Department of National Defense Aero Digest May,1930: Aero Digest magazine· Attribution
what is it?
The Fairchild 71 is an American high-wing monoplane passenger and cargo aircraft built by Fairchild Aircraft and later built in Canada by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) for both military and civilian use as a rugged bush plane.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 15.4 m wingspan
base stats
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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 15.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,314 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1927
- introduced
- 1928
- number built
- 14
- role
- passenger or cargo transport
- makers
- Fairchild
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney Wasp B/C 9-cylinder radial piston / R-1340 Wasp
- passengers
- 6
- length
- 10.9 m
- wingspan
- 15.4 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,724 kg
- top speed
- 212 km/h
- cruise speed
- 171 km/h
- range
- 1,314 km
- ceiling
- 3,353 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q607408, Wikipedia: Fairchild 71 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.