General Information

Serial #

128

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Fairchild

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Farmingdale

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Manufactured in 1928, FC-2W-2 was employed in survey work until the 1940s. It was sold to an aircraft broker, but was damaged in a crash. The aircraft was donated to the Museum in 1962

Canada

Unable to find a suitable aircraft for their aerial-survey business, Fairchild designed a tough, simple aircraft of their own, the Model FC-1, which was shortly improved upon by the FC-2 and subsequent versions. Created to operate in remote areas, this aircraft series suited the Canadian environment. The RCAF used Fairchilds chiefly for photographic surveys and communication. Civil use in Canada involved largely freight and passengers in the north, and passengers in the south. Much of the work to open up Canada?s north in the 1920s and 1930s was performed by Fairchild FC-2s, 2Ws, and 2W-2s. FC-2W-2s flew Canada’s first international passenger service between Montreal and New York. In 1928, two Canadian FC-2W-2s were the first to reach the Junkers W.33 Bremen, which had crashed in the Strait of Belle Isle after the first east-to-west trans-Atlantic flight. The Fairchild’s wings fold back for convenient storage, which meant that in the Arctic the airplane could be put undercover with a small snowfence and a tarpaulin.

Function

Unknown

Technical

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Area Notes

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Details

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Finish

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Decoration

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