The Fairchild 22 Model C7 was an American two-seat touring or training monoplane designed and built by the

Kreider-Reisner The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was an American flying service and aircraft manufacturer from 1923 to 1929. History The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was formed at Hagerstown, Maryland in 1923 as a sub-contractor. By September 1925 the c ...

division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation at

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Development

The aircraft was designed by Kreider-Reisner during negotiations by

Sherman Fairchild Sherman Mills Fairchild (April 7, 1896 – March 28, 1971) was an American businessman and investor. He founded over 70 companies, including Fairchild Aircraft (Fairchild Aviation Corporation), Fairchild Industries, and Fairchild Camera and Inst ...

to take a major share in the company. 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 The Armstrong Siddeley Genet was a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use built in the UK, first run in 1926. It developed 80 hp at 2,200 rpm in its final form and was a popular light aircraft powerplant. Followin ...

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.

Variants

;C7 :Powered by a 75hp Michigan Rover four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine (13 built) ;C7A :Powered by a 95hp Cirrus Hi-Drive four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine (58 built). ;C7B :Powered by a 125hp

Menasco C-4 Pirate The Menasco Pirate series were four-cylinder, air-cooled, in-line, inverted aero-engines, built by the Menasco Motors Company of Burbank, California, for use in light general and sport aircraft during the 1930s and 1940s. The Menasco engines c ...

four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine (eight built). Fairchild 22 C7D

;C7D :Powered by a 90hp

Wright Gipsy The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder Inline engine (aviation), in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane. Initially developed as an ...

four-cylinder upright inline piston engine (one C-7C and 22 C-7D built). ;C7E :Powered by a 125hp

Warner Scarab The Warner Scarab is an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine, that was manufactured by the Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan in 1928 through to the early 1940s. In military service the engine was designated R-420. Vari ...

seven-cylinder radial piston engine (11 built). ;C7F :Powered by a 145hp

Warner Super Scarab The Warner Scarab is an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine, that was manufactured by the Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit, Michigan in 1928 through to the early 1940s. In military service the engine was designated R-420. Var ...

seven-cylinder radial piston engine (nine built). ;C7G : F22 TBD

Aerobatic version, powered by a 145hp

seven-cylinder radial piston engine (six built). EL-2003-00269

;XR2K-1 :Military designation for one Scarab powered Model 22 impressed into service and used by

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. ;NX14768 :Experimentally designed wing added to the 1933 Fairchild 22 owned by

Charles Townsend Ludington Charles Townsend Ludington (Charles T. Ludington, C. T. Ludington), (January 16, 1896 – January 19, 1968), was a businessman of Philadelphia. He was an aviation pioneer who helped establish an every-hour-on-the-hour air service between New Y ...

under the Ludington-Griswold Incorporated company, Saybrook, CT. Test flown in 1944, the wing had a series of flaps and wing tip fins. The design proved disappointing and the airplane was later sold.

Specifications (C7F)

Operators

Colombian Air Force , "We are the Force" , colours = , colours_label = , march = Colombian Air Force Hymn , mascot = Capitan Paz , anniversaries = 8 November , ...

References

* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1640
Williams Aircraft Collection - Fairchild 22 restoration and history

External links

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