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Fairchild's Golden Age
This paperback traces the aviation career of Sherman Fairchild from his early days building aerial cameras to founding one of the most significant aircraft manufacturing organizations in American history. It is a solid reference for aviation historians, warbird enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the development of American civil and military aircraft from the 1920s through the postwar era.
The book opens with Fairchild's decision to leave college in 1917 to develop aerial camera technology. After building the first successful large, high-speed between-the-lens shutter camera, he moved into aircraft design when existing airplanes proved inadequate for photographic missions. That pivot led to a company that eventually employed more than 50,000 people and produced aircraft across decades of American aviation history.
A detailed chapter covers each aircraft type in the Fairchild line, supported by 131 photographs and 27 three-view scale drawings by Paul Matt. The scale drawings alone make this a useful resource for modelers, historians, and restoration enthusiasts.
Aircraft Covered
- FC-1 and FC-2
- Fairchild 71, 21, 22, 24, 41, 42, 45, 46, 91
- Kreider-Reisner
- XC-31
- M-62 (PT-19, PT-23, PT-26)
- C-82
- C-119
- T-31
- C-123
- F-27
Publication Details
By Alan Abel
Published: 2008
Format: Paperback
Pages: 145
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Photos: 131
Three-view scale drawings and illustrations: 27
ISBN: 9781891118555
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Fairchild's Golden Age
This paperback traces the aviation career of Sherman Fairchild from his early days building aerial cameras to founding one of the most significant aircraft manufacturing organizations in American history. It is a solid reference for aviation historians, warbird enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the development of American civil and military aircraft from the 1920s through the postwar era.
The book opens with Fairchild's decision to leave college in 1917 to develop aerial camera technology. After building the first successful large, high-speed between-the-lens shutter camera, he moved into aircraft design when existing airplanes proved inadequate for photographic missions. That pivot led to a company that eventually employed more than 50,000 people and produced aircraft across decades of American aviation history.
A detailed chapter covers each aircraft type in the Fairchild line, supported by 131 photographs and 27 three-view scale drawings by Paul Matt. The scale drawings alone make this a useful resource for modelers, historians, and restoration enthusiasts.
Aircraft Covered
- FC-1 and FC-2
- Fairchild 71, 21, 22, 24, 41, 42, 45, 46, 91
- Kreider-Reisner
- XC-31
- M-62 (PT-19, PT-23, PT-26)
- C-82
- C-119
- T-31
- C-123
- F-27
Publication Details
By Alan Abel
Published: 2008
Format: Paperback
Pages: 145
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Photos: 131
Three-view scale drawings and illustrations: 27
ISBN: 9781891118555
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