P.O. Box 875638, Wasilla, AK 99687, USA

Kit #001, Fairchild model 71 / FC-2W2

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* New limited edition Pacific International Airways F.71 kit with floats & decals! *
* Photos from model builders *

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Fairchild builders will no longer be called upon to make their own wire intake elbows; the resin engine part has been improved:

 

Scroll down for some great new photos.

Bob Cameron of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, sent in these photos of his pair of Northern Airways/Whitehorse Flying Services Fairchild models. Whiskey Jack decals, and floats from Khee-Kha and Matchbox, combined with craftsmanship and clever photography, made quite a display out of this pair. CF-BXF is the FC-2W2 she appears to be here, but CF-BXF is called an F.71C; perhaps a technicality due to the horsepower of the engine...

Eric Hagedorn of British Columbia, Canada sent these photos of his Khee-Kha Fairchild, skillfully converted to a Fairchild 71C, sporting scratchbuilt skis and decals from Whiskey Jack Decals:

The F.71 Pacific International Airways of Alaska package, as built by Khee-Kha's staff model builder:

NC142H "Pribilof" was used in the Alaskan bush by a fur smuggler and a missionary during its career. Percy Hubbard was flying it for Service Airways of Fairbanks when wrecked while searching for a missing fellow aviator in 1935:



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