Fairchild M-... list

[Stargazer]

Do you know a number for the AU.23A Peacemaker?

The Fairchild-Pilatus PC-6 Porter apparently had a designation in the FH-1110/1120 range (except 1117), making it a Hiller designation. Likely the Peacemaker used the same.

 

[Mark Nankivil]

Greetings All -

An ad for sale on EPay for the Fairchild M-216 as a carrier onboard delivery aircraft:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Aircraft-Carrier-Image-FAIRCHILD-M-216-50s-Print-Ad-/360340249745?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e5f3dc91

That is one wimpy looking tailhook!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

 

[Stargazer]

Greetings All -

An ad for sale on EPay for the Fairchild M-216 as a carrier onboard delivery aircraft:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Aircraft-Carrier-Image-FAIRCHILD-M-216-50s-Print-Ad-/360340249745?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e5f3dc91

That is one wimpy looking tailhook!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Interesting! It seems like the text refers to the M-216 as the "Flying Lighter", though I can't see the meaning of this in that context...

 

[Mark Nankivil]

A lighter is a barge or flat bottom boat used to move materials which would make sense in this context.

HTH! Mark

 

[hesham]

MV-201 was miniature CCD television camera.

Are you serious?!

Fairchild was a camera maker before they did aircraft... They had hundreds of camera references that have NOTHING to do with the M- list at all!! :

Sorry for that,


but I hope this is right;


M-233 was a wing.


http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA952053

 

[Stargazer]

I hope this is right;
M-233 was a wing.

Yep. Got that one too, from the same source. So long as it is "M-" and an aircraft (or part of an aircraft), then it is probably a valid designation.

 

[Stargazer]

Just came across the designation "M-257" associated with the deflected slipstream fixed-wing VTOL built by Robertson in 1956 (link). Not only this is a typical Fairchild designation, but the date is also consistent with the neighboring projects. Perhaps Robertson bought the rights off Fairchild for the design? Or maybe Robertson designed the type while working for Fairchild (if he did)?

 

[Stargazer]

From the Bernard Lindenbaum Vertical Flight Research Collection:

M-123..........inhouse designation for American Helicopter XA-5 TOP SERGEANT single-place pulse-jet-powered helicopter (1950)
M-157..........inhouse designation for American Helicopter XH-26/A JET JEEP single-place pulse-jet-powered helicopter (collapsible) (1951)
M-159..........inhouse designation for American Helicopter projected stowable rotor convertiplane (1950)
M-351..........proposed low speed system investigation for Tri-Service VTOL Assault Transport (1961)

 

[nugo]

Hi All!
M-142---detachable fuselage version of the C-119 Packet.
M-144-- detachable fuselage version of the C-119 Packet.
Source: American Aviation, 1950, Vol.14, N. ?, page 12.

 

[hesham]

There is a reference to Fairchild Hiller Republic FHR-3049 Bikini drone here;

http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/595802.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,


it is the first time to know the Fairchild-Hiller FH-327 designation,it was a turbofan powered
55-seat derivative of F.27 Friendship.


http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1966/1966%20-%200410.PDF

 

[Stargazer]

Hi,


it is the first time to know the Fairchild-Hiller FH-327 designation,it was a turbofan powered
55-seat derivative of F.27 Friendship.


http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1966/1966%20-%200410.PDF

But NOT part of the M-... list... :

Also, what do you mean when you say: "first time to know"?? I had it in my list for instance. You probably mean the "first time YOU've heard" about it.

 

[circle-5]

Fairchild M-178 / MX-1962 Trainer (1953)

 

[hesham]

Now we have;


M-246 was jet-wing high-lift recce aircraft project


M-221 was high-speed-ratio STOL aircraft project;

http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0109821

http://www.worldcat.org/title/m-221-high-speed-ratio-stol-aircraft/oclc/227232904

 

[RAP]

Ad for C-123L, M-541.

 

[Stargazer]

Ad for C-123L, M-541.

Member nugo gave us that one earlier in the thread in 2008!! ;D

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3686.msg31104.html#msg31104

 

[Bazinga]

M-616 AERCAB report https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/b000144.pdf

 

[sdbeck]

Hello,

This is my first post here, just signed up.

Dredging up an old post here but thought I would add to a very definitive list I see is missing a few model numbers.

M-127 Fairchild R4Q-2 USMC version of C-119F

M-142 C-119C pod version based on XC-120 prototype

M-154 Rescue mission version of C-119C

M-156 Another C-119C cargo pod version.

I am a Fairchild cargo giant (C-82, C-119, C-123) fan and am writing large volumes on all three.

S Beck
www.uswarplanes.net

 

[Tonton-42]

Hopefully not be too off topic ... Faced with the poverty of data on the XC-119H, some dimensions and 5 or 6 black and white photos, and a small 3 side views of the C-119 air cushion appeared in this site, I tried to draw these views. They are probably not very exact but they were made with passion (and possibly with a view to making a model radio controlled at 1/24 ...).

 

[hesham]

Hi,

M-161 was a four engined variant of C-119H
M-163 was a C-119 assault transport
M-168 was a C-119H with detachable pack
M-169 was a version of C-119H with T40-A-6 turboprops
M-170 was a T40-A-6 turboprops powered a C-119H,with a detachable fuselage
M-173 was a four-engine (R-3350) version C-119H,type cargo carrier
M-179 was a four Wright Turbo Cyclone R-1820-82 engines,(version of C-119H)
M-180 was a four P&W R-2800-12 'Twin Wasp' engines,of C-119
M-182 was a commercial Cargo version of C-119
M-190 was a four-engine freighter version of C-119H
M-191 was a land-based ASW,as a C-119H four-engine model
M-210 was a SAC, TAC, and MATS versions of C-119H

Source; ASP 2

 

[Deleted member 2278]

I have two to add: M-252 AN/USD-5 "Osprey" Surveilance Drone
M-232 SM-73 "Goose" Decoy Drone
I personally worked on the AN/USD-5 from 1960-62 during flight test in Yuma, AZ at the then titled Yuma Test Station now the Yuma Proving grounds. The Osprey had many similar parts to the Goose and we would receive parts boxes with the M-232 designation on them

There is an "Osprey" in the Bendix advert on Page 53 of the Aerospace Engineering linked below. Not completely accurate but I thought worth sharing.

Aerospace Engineering 1960-11: Vol 19 Iss 11 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Aerospace Engineering 1960-11: Volume 19, Issue 11.Digitized from IA1533707-03.Previous issue: sim_aerospace-engineering-1942_1960-10_19_10.Next issue:...

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ETA: ...and some info on the M-186, see front cover and Page 23 here:

Aeronautical Engineering Review 1954-01: Vol 13 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Aeronautical Engineering Review 1954-01: Volume 13, Issue 1.Digitized from IA1533707-02.Previous issue:...

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[hesham]

M-246 was jet-wing high-lift recce aircraft project

http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0109821

Also,how to get this report ?.

 

[hesham]

From Interavia 1966,

the M-576 or F-576.

 

[Kiltonge]

AvWeek, 16 Nov 1970. MiG-21 simulation drone design by Stratos Western Division of Fairchild, using construction techniques from their airline beverage carts...