Fairchild FC-2

what is it?

The Fairchild FC-1 and its derivatives are a family of light, single-engine, high-wing utility monoplanes produced in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The aircraft was originally designed to provide a camera platform for Sherman Fairchild's aerial photography and survey business, Fairchild Aerial Surveys.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 196 km/htop speed
• range 1,127 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,633 kgmax take-off weight
• built 180made 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 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,127 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

1926-06-14

number built

180

role

civil utility aircraft

makers

Fairchild

engines

1× Wright J-5 / radial engine

length

9.5 m

wingspan

13.4 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,633 kg

top speed

196 km/h

cruise speed

185 km/h

range

1,127 km

ceiling

3,500 m

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

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