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This awesome and magnificent Fairchild Model 71 Airplane Wood Model  is finely hand-carved from kiln-dried Philippine Mahogany and skillfully hand-painted in detail by gifted artisans.

This is  7.23” in Length, with 11" Wingspan, weighing 0.45 pounds, and a package weight of about 2.2 pounds. Fresh from the factory, NOT Mass-Produced, Individually Handcrafted & Hand-painted (NO DECALS!) and No Reserve!

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  Brief Info:

Wing span 50'2", chord 84", wing area 332 sq. ft., airfoil Gottingen Mod., length 33' height 9'4".
The following weights are for the earliest version, empty wt. 2700, useful load 2500, payload 1427, gross wt. 5200 lb..
Max. speed 138, cruise 110, land 52, climb (420 h.p.) 980, ceiling 15,500 ft.,
Gas cap. 148 gal., oil 12 gal., range 650+ miles.

Most of the Model "71" however were as follows; (landplane), empty wt. 2930, useful load 2570, payload 1500, gross wt. 5500 lb.,
Max. speed 135, cruise 110, land 57, climb(420 h p.) 900, ceiling 15,300 ft..
Gas cap. 148 gal., oil 12 gal., range 650+ miles.

As a seaplane with Fairchild" pontoons; empty wt. 3270, useful load 2230, payload 1160, grc>ss wt. 5500 lbs..
Max speed 129, cruise 105, land 57, climb 875, ceiling 15,000 ft., range 630 miles.

Price at the factory as landplane was $18,900., price as seaplane was $22,400.
Standard equipment included metal prop, wheel brakes, inertiatype engine starter, and cabin heater.
The latest and heaviest version weighed as follows; empty wt. 3130, useful load 2370, payload 1240, gross wt. 5500 lbs.
Max. speed 138, cruise 110, land 57, climb (450 h.p.) 1000, ceiling 16,000 ft.
Gas cap. 160 gal., oil 15 gal., range 770 miles.

The fuselage framework was built up of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, faired to shape and fabric covered. The wing framework was built up of spruce box-type spars and spruce and plywood truss-type ribs, also fabric covered.
Fuel tanks were mounted in the wing. The fabric covered tail-group was built up of welded chrome-moly steel tubing, the fin was ground adjustable and the horizontal stabilizer was adjustable in flight. The baggage area was in the cabin aft.

This airplane N2K was owned by Fairchild Aerial Surveys of Burbank, California, along with two other model 71's.
When Fairchild replaced the the 71's with more modern aircraft, they sold all three to a Charlie "Red" Jensen of Sacramento, California. One of the three was the STARS and STRIPES, which Jensen later gave to the Smithsonian. The second one ended up being converted to a jump-ship. N2K was sold to a guy who was going to use the camera well to seed forests in Idaho. This project ended in a financial disaster, so he sold N2K to a Scout Master in Mc Allen, Texas. This Scout Master was going to use N2K to smuggle "dry goods" back and forth across the Mexican border. This was in the days before dope smuggling.