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Seems to be a Fairchild kind of day on the forum... so here's more!
I'm attaching a picture I came across on the web. It's sold as a photo on an auction site, but unfortunately the seller only has this, a cut version of an original Fairchild of Canada blueprint, for a Model I have never previously heard of, the Model 45-55.
From the data available in the photo, we can see it was a sesquiplane project powered by a single P&W S3H1-G engine, with an estimated speed of 175 mph at 5,000 ft. It was designed to operate on floats or on wheels. The wheel version had full wheel spats (I think that's what they're called) like some early Northrops and several racers of the day. This detail and the "45-" designation point to a mid-1930s design.
I'm attaching a picture I came across on the web. It's sold as a photo on an auction site, but unfortunately the seller only has this, a cut version of an original Fairchild of Canada blueprint, for a Model I have never previously heard of, the Model 45-55.
From the data available in the photo, we can see it was a sesquiplane project powered by a single P&W S3H1-G engine, with an estimated speed of 175 mph at 5,000 ft. It was designed to operate on floats or on wheels. The wheel version had full wheel spats (I think that's what they're called) like some early Northrops and several racers of the day. This detail and the "45-" designation point to a mid-1930s design.