Fairchild Club Forum

'Ya know, now that I think about it, as far as CG goes, Pop had the
motor mounted, no wings and no tail. The only weight on the back end
to keep it down was one head off a Ford 302.

We dragged that thing outside, chained ot to a telephone pole, and
fired it up with a 3gal gas can on the ...

'--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "flyingbanks"
wrote:
>
> I'm wondering how many out there have first hand experience with
Jake
> powered F24s? I'm not looking for tall tales, but rather the real
story
> on these modified planes. I understand that there are a number of
them ...

'--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "Arthur H Boschen"
wrote:
> My name's Arthur Boschen. I don't own a Fairchild, but my father
restored a
> 41(?) 24 years before I was born ('69), and was in the midst of a
second (
> 46) when he died in 2001. Both were aluminum skinned with Jacobs ...

'My name's Arthur Boschen. I don't own a Fairchild, but my father restored a
41(?) 24 years before I was born ('69), and was in the midst of a second (
46) when he died in 2001. Both were aluminum skinned with Jacobs radials. I
ll try and find some pics and post them as soon as I can get them ...