Air-Britain Archive 1997-03 / Extracts

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NX41769

The prototype Fairchild F-47 NX41769 on static display in 1947.
Flying, Oct 1949: - N3155K, one of three Fairchild F-47 4-seaters is used as a company transport by the Ranger Aircraft Engine Corp. Details of this type and production?
Flying, Oct 1949: - The Fairchild F-47 was designed by Don Garges and was the only product of the Fairchild Personal Planes Division which had been established on 3.12.45 at Strother Field, Winfield, Kansas. It was a four-seat all-metal, low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and powered by a 6-cyl 185 hp Continental E185 engine. The prototype NX41769 first flew on 18.2.47 but was lost in an accident in August 1947. Two further aircraft with minor modifications and a static test airframe were also completed and the F-47 received its CAA Type Certificate No.5A1 on 10.3.49. The type did not enter production and the fifth airframe was not completed. In the same class, the Bonanza and Navion were highly-successful products. Span was 36 ft, Length 24 ft. Height 7 ft 10 in, Max speed 175 mph, Cruise 158 mph, Ceiling 18,000 ft, Range 700 miles.