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The Fairchild 91, (a.k.a. A-942), was a single-engine eight-passenger flying boat airliner developed in the United States in the mid-1930s.[2]

Fairchild 91 A-942
Fairchild XR-942-B "Kono," belonging to explorer Richard Archbold
Role Flying boat airliner
Manufacturer Fairchild
Designer Alfred Gassner
First flight 5 April 1935[1]
Primary user Pan Am
Number built 7

Design


Fairchild designed the aircraft in response to a Pan American Airways request[2] for a small flying boat to operate on their river routes along the Amazon and Yangtze. The result was a conventional high-wing cantilever monoplane with its radial engine mounted above the wing in a streamlined nacelle. Before construction of the prototype was complete, however, Pan American no longer required the aircraft to operate in China, and Fairchild optimised the design for the Brazilian tropics.


Operational history


After the first two aircraft were delivered, Pan American cancelled the remaining four aircraft of its order as they no longer needed any for China and the two aircraft were capable of handling the Amazon River.

The sole A-942-B was specially built for the American Museum of Natural History and was used by naturalist Richard Archbold on his second expedition to Papua New Guinea in 1936–1937.[1]

The prototype was sold to the Spanish Republican Air Force, but the ship carrying it was captured by the Spanish Nationalists and was used by them until 1941.

The A-942 bought by industrialist Garfield Wood was sold to the British American Ambulance Corps before being transferred to the RAF, who operated it in Egypt for air-sea rescue.

One exampled was sold to the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Service for evaluation, but was wrecked shortly after delivery, so a second example was purchased to replace it.


Variants


Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper[1]
Initial version built to Pan Am specifications for use on rivers, powered by a 750 hp (560 kW) Pratt & Whitney S2EG Hornet.[2] Six built.
Fairchild A-942-A[1]
Alternative designation for the Fairchild 91
Fairchild 91B Jungle Clipper[1]
Specially equipped for NYC Museum of Natural History, powered by a 760 hp (570 kW) Wright SGR-1820F-52 Cyclone.[2] One built, NR777.[1]
Fairchild A-942-B[1]
Alternative designation for the Fairchild 91B.
Fairchild XSOK-1
Proposed U.S. Navy scout; none built.[3]
Fairchild LXF
Two A-942Bs supplied to the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for evaluation.

Airframes


MSNRegistration
as built
Delivery
Customer
NotesRefs
9401NC14743None - Prototypeto Spanish Aviación Nacional as 63-1 Virgen de Chamorro, scrapped 1941 [4]
9402NC14744Pan Am for Panair do BrasilPP-PAP, wrecked at Belem, 1941 [4]
9403NC15952Pan Am for Panair do BrasilPP-PAT, scrapped 1945 [5]
9404NC16359Imperial Japanese Naval Air Servicedesignated LXF-1, wrecked Japan, 1937 [6]
9405NC16690Gar Woodto British American Ambulance Corps, then to RAF as HK832 [6]
9406NC19130Imperial Japanese Naval Air Servicedesignated LXF-1, wrecked in Nankin, China, 1939 [7]
9407NR777American Museum of Natural History as Kono (Duck) wrecked during storm in Port Moresby, 1936. [8]

Specifications (A-942-A)


Fairchild A-942 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile May 1936
Fairchild A-942 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile May 1936

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists


References



Notes


  1. "Fairchild".
  2. Taylor, Michael J.H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation”. Studio Editions. London. 1989. ISBN 0517691868
  3. Johnson, E.R. (2009). American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft: An Illustrated History. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 339. ISBN 978-0786439744.
  4. Pentland, Andrew (26 June 2010). "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Golden Years of Aviation. p. N31. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  5. Pentland, Andrew (26 June 2010). "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Golden Years of Aviation. p. N34. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  6. Pentland, Andrew (26 June 2010). "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Golden Years of Aviation. p. N35. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  7. Pentland, Andrew (26 June 2010). "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Golden Years of Aviation. p. N40. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  8. Pentland, Andrew (26 June 2010). "Civil Aircraft Register - United States". Golden Years of Aviation. p. N2. Retrieved 2 September 2022.

Bibliography



На других языках


- [en] Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper

[fr] Fairchild 91

Le Fairchild 91 — aussi désigné A-942 — était un hydravion de ligne monomoteur pouvant embarquer huit passagers, conçu aux États-Unis au milieu des années 1930[2].

[it] Fairchild 91

Il Fairchild 91 fu un idrovolante monomotore e monoplano da trasporto leggero sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica statunitense Fairchild Aircraft negli anni trenta.[2]



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