RON DUPAS COLLECTION
No. 4462. Fairchild 21 (X138E c/n 1001)
Photographed ca. 1928, courtesy The Fairchild Corporation
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Powered by an 80 hp Genet Mark II it was derived from the Siemens-Halske powered FT-1 designed by Otto Koppen. Prized $4,250 the 21 never found a market after the crash of the stock exchange at Wall Street, New York, USA, on October 24, 1929, known as Black Thursday in the American history books. |
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Created August 1, 2005