Fairchild Club Forum

To all who said they plane to attend Oshkosh for the Fairchild 100th celebration. Have a sign you can display with VAA on it for the parking people to direct you. There will be a sigh in the Vintage parking area at the row that says Fairchild 100th . If you have any problems, call me on my cell 1 ...

This year will be 100 years since Sherman Fairchild started the Fairchild Airplane business. The Hagerstown Museum is planning an event sometime in September according to John Seburn. As soon as he has a definite date, I will let everyone know. It might be a 3 day event at Hagerstown. Also! Tim Fox ...

Club member Steve Koeing says their PT-26 will be in the Warbirds in Review at the Warbirds pavilion on July 27th at 1:00 PM Come and learn some of the History of the PT-26 in service during WWII.

Mike Kelly
Fairchild CLub President.

Woops! Goofed on the first phone number. It should be 517-278-7654.

Mike Kelly

Give me a call at 517-2789-7654 or 517-227-2528.
If the crack is where I think it is, you don't have a problem. The strength of the spar is in the plywood webs, not the blocks inside the spar.

Mike Kelly
Fairchild Club President.

Charlie Brown asked me to post his ad.
Two Fairchilds for sale: 1946 F-24W with a 200 hp Ranger. Comes with overhauled engine and three rebuildable cores. Annual 7-1-22. 1936 C8E Fairchild project. No engine, but one is available. Project 75% finished. $60,000 for everything. PH 1-208-610-6660.

Wicks and Aircraft spruce no longer can get he small brass coated nails used for making ribs etc. I don't want to use staples. Anyone know of a soruce?? McMaster Carr doesn't have them either.
Mike at hotfoot149@gmail.com

I have 7 rolls of the film from Air & Space you can borrow. Just pay for the shipping to and from. forward your mailing address.
Mike Kelly
hotfoot149@gmail.com

Paul:
I got a 1" kit from O'Reilly's last year that is the same thing as the Napa kit. The number at O'Reilly's is MCK19356, It was in the Fall Fairchild Flyer on page 2.
I'm taking the next Fairchild newsletter to the printers today!

Keep 'Em Flying! Mike Kelly
Fairchild Club

Jamie Treat might have an idea what the plane might be worth. Contact him at jamietreat397@gmail.com

Mike Kelly
Fairchild Club