The Fairchild 22 Model C7 was an American two-seat touring or training monoplane designed and built by the Kreider-Reisner division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation at Hagerstown, Maryland.
22 Model C7 | |
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Fairchild 22 C7B | |
Role | Two-seat light touring or training monoplane |
Manufacturer | Fairchild Aircraft Corporation |
First flight | 1931 |
Produced | 1931-1935 |
Number built | 127 |
The aircraft was designed by George Hardman of Kreider-Reisner after Sherman Fairchild purchased the company.[1] Marketed as the Fairchild 22 Model C7 the aircraft was certified in March 1931. The Fairchild 22 was a mixed-construction, braced parasol-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear and a braced tail unit. It had two tandem open cockpits and was initially powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet radial engine. After test flying the prototype the first production aircraft were re-engined with a 75 hp (56 kW) Michigan Rover inverted inline engine. The aircraft was fitted with both inline and radial piston engines.
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1640
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