Fairchild Club Forum

' Does anyone know where I might be able to pick up a set of 6 ranger exhaust gaskets?.. Or is this something we're going to have to get cut? Regards, David Carrick Director, Flight Operations Canadian Historical Aircraft Association Cell: 519-360-0503 E-mail: dcarrick@ch2a.ca '

' I believe it has about 700hrs SMOH. But I'm not at the hangar right now to check exact times. Top end may have been refreshed since then. The airframe and engine were restored in the 90s.  ? According to the logs, it's been on AD oil for quite a while.  David Carrick Director, Flight Operations Ca...

' Thanks again for good info Airy.  2200rpm gives us about 115mph indicated, I think our ASI in the airplane is a little generous as the Harvard on the wing was indicating approx. 90-95kts - so I think its closer to 110.  Not sure on the pitch of the propeller, I'll look in the tech log next time I'...

' This is some great information - thank you.  I'm not sure what 'hard' equates to in terms of ranger running, but we fly a lot of formation with faster aircraft. I did a few trips on Remembrance day with the power up at 2200rpm, which I think would probably qualify as a good hard run. I will rechec...

' Compressions were checked on annual inspection this year and were showing high 60s on all 6. It would be interesting to check them again though, after running it as much as we have.  It was the rear exhaust when it did leak after shutdown. It may have only done it the one time after shutdown on th...

' Hi Everyone,  New member here - I am the Director of Flight Operations for the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association, a vintage aircraft museum located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  We were recently donated Fairchild 24R46 #250. It was in the Canadian RAF as a communications airplane, numbered ...