Fairchild M-103 Navy Personal Transport Aircraft Project

[hesham]

Hi,


the Fairchild M-103 was a five seat low-wing Navy personal transport aircraft project
of 1946,M-103 was powered by one 450 hp P&W R-985B-5 radial engine,and alternate
designation M-103A was powered by one 550 hp Fairchild ranger SG770C-2C inverted
inline engine.


AAHS journal

 

[riggerrob]

That competition was won by the NAA/Ryan Navion that could do the same job on half the horsepower. Ryan sold hundreds of L-17s to the USAF and US Army. Thousands of civilian pilots also bought Navions. Significant numbers are still flown on sunny Sundays.

 

[hesham]

Hi Riggerrob,


but this project was for Navy ?.

 

[Jos Heyman]

Unless there is further evidence to the contrary, I doubt that the M-103 and the North American L-17 were in the same competition.