Fairchild Club Forum

----- Original Message -----
From: John
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:04 PM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Photo of old F-71 in "Fairchild with Jumpers" album


At a recent parachute industry symposuium in Barcelona, I found this
old photo hanging on a vendors wall. The company, Paragear, is still
in business. Taken in the late 60s, it shows eight or nine jumpers
hanging all over a Fairchild 71 based in Washington. I'm told by old
timers in the Skydiving community that this particular aircraft was a
real work horse in its day. I googled the N-number, and found that it
still actively flown, more recent photos are on the web, and the
current owner made his first jump from this aircraft many years ago!

By chance, I mentioned this aircraft photo to a local Florida jumper,
Vickie Johnson, who replied that she had made many jumps from this
aircraft more than thirty years ago in the Seattle area!

I hope the owner is active in this group, as I'd like to hear from
him. I'll be in Seattle next week to pick up and fly home a vintage
biplane I just bought. I would love to pop up to Snohomish to see
this Fairchild 71, if that is possible. It would be a great way to
start what I hope will be a cross country flight I'll never forget...

Cheers,
John LeBlanc
DeLand Fl






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--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote:
>
> At a recent parachute industry symposuium in Barcelona, I found
this
> old photo hanging on a vendors wall. The company, Paragear, is
still
> in business. Taken in the late 60s, it shows eight or nine jumpers
> hanging all over a Fairchild 71 based in Washington. I'm told by
old
> timers in the Skydiving community that this particular aircraft was
a
> real work horse in its day. I googled the N-number, and found that
it
> still actively flown, more recent photos are on the web, and the
> current owner made his first jump from this aircraft many years ago!
>
> By chance, I mentioned this aircraft photo to a local Florida
jumper,
> Vickie Johnson, who replied that she had made many jumps from this
> aircraft more than thirty years ago in the Seattle area!
>
> I hope the owner is active in this group, as I'd like to hear from
> him. I'll be in Seattle next week to pick up and fly home a vintage
> biplane I just bought. I would love to pop up to Snohomish to see
> this Fairchild 71, if that is possible. It would be a great way to
> start what I hope will be a cross country flight I'll never
forget...
>
> Cheers,
> John LeBlanc
> DeLand Fl
>

----- Original Message -----
From: Curt Kinchen
To: fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:16 PM
Subject: [fairchildclub] Re: Photo of old F-71 in "Fairchild with Jumpers" album


The owner of the airplane in question is Jack Ady and last I spoke
with him the Fairchild was still for sale. He lives adjacent to the
airport in Snohomish(Harvey Field) and the airplane is in an open
hangar there.

Curt Kinchen

--- In fairchildclub@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote:
>
> At a recent parachute industry symposuium in Barcelona, I found
this
> old photo hanging on a vendors wall. The company, Paragear, is
still
> in business. Taken in the late 60s, it shows eight or nine jumpers
> hanging all over a Fairchild 71 based in Washington. I'm told by
old
> timers in the Skydiving community that this particular aircraft was
a
> real work horse in its day. I googled the N-number, and found that
it
> still actively flown, more recent photos are on the web, and the
> current owner made his first jump from this aircraft many years ago!
>
> By chance, I mentioned this aircraft photo to a local Florida
jumper,
> Vickie Johnson, who replied that she had made many jumps from this
> aircraft more than thirty years ago in the Seattle area!
>
> I hope the owner is active in this group, as I'd like to hear from
> him. I'll be in Seattle next week to pick up and fly home a vintage
> biplane I just bought. I would love to pop up to Snohomish to see
> this Fairchild 71, if that is possible. It would be a great way to
> start what I hope will be a cross country flight I'll never
forget...
>
> Cheers,
> John LeBlanc
> DeLand Fl
>






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