NC14364 landed once at Tucson, Monday November 12, 1934. This brand new airplane was flown solo by Lonnie Faunce. He was westbound from El Paso, TX to Los
Angeles, CA. No reason was given in the Register for his flight, but pilot Faunce was VP at the Warner Co., which was a major supplier of engines to Fairchild. At his link, you can see a chart of Faunce's cross-country voyage with this airplane.
This airplane is a Fairchild 24 C8, serial number 2627. It was manufactured during 1934 and left the factory with a Warner engine. It is still registered with the FAA and owned by a gentleman in Brooklyn, NY. According to FAA records, its airworthiness status was revoked at an undetermined date, so we can assume it is not flying.
Below, NC14364 in 1935, location unknown. I have no further information about this airplane. Note the gas bowser in front of the airplane.
Fairchild NC14364, 1935
(Source: Kalina)
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Below, the annotation on the back of the photograph above. This is a modern annotation. A Google search for "Max Church" yields nothing relevant to the airplane.
Fairchild NC15364, 1935, Back of Photo
(Source: Kalina)
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Image, below, from site visitor Joel Russell. Mr. Russell found a photo album on eBay that contains several photographs of Register airplanes and people. See, e.g., Lockheed NC522K and Hugh Herndon.
NC14364 At Rochester, NY, Date Unknown (Source: Russell)
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UPLOADED: 03/07/09 REVISED: 03/03/10
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