Warner engine on Barnstormers, October 2018

[tonyb42uk]

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I know nothing of the condition or quality of the engine question and I have no connection or contact with the seller....


I receive the Barnstormers e-mail each week to search for interesting and historical Fairchild items - not that I am in any position to buy any!  It just helps to keep my lists of Cornell and Model 24s up to date.


This morning's e-mail flyer includes a reconditioned Warner 165E engine serial no. 2128E for sale.


Out of interest I checked the serial number against the Warner delivery book, hoping it might show the original customer and found this:
SS-2128E, Fairchild, Pathfinder Flying Services, Stockton, California.

Pathfinder Flying Services was one of several Californian flight schools that purchased 165hp Super Scarab powered M-62Bs.  Only 47 of this model was built and 25 of those were exported to Chile in 1941.  As far as I know there are no surviving M-62Bs, so this engine is probably a pretty rare item.

I have a just 4 of the FAA records of the 22 U.S registered M-62Bs.
NX/NC28535, T40-2000, prototype, fitted with Super Scarab, s/no 2080.
NNX/NC28693, T41-2001, for Harry Sham, Oakland, CA., fitted with Super Scarab, s/no 2078.
NC37158, T41-2027, for Pathfinder Flying Service, fitted with Super Scarab, s/no 2110E.
NC37159, T41-2028, for Harry Sham, Oakland, CA., fitted with Super Scarab, s/no 2111E.

I do not know how many M-62Bs Pathfinder A/S. purchased from Fairchild, but they also owned NC41833, T41-2014 when it was written off in an accident at Minden Airport, Nevada on December 9, 1942.

I think Super Scarab, s/no. 2128-E was very likely to be the original engine on one of the Fairchild M-62BS purchased Pathfinder A/S., or a spare delivered around the same time.

Hope this is of some interest, Tony Broadhurst



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