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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 51 / 61 / 71 / FC-1 / FC-2
    Latest Model:Super 71
    Construction Number:50 {2}
    Last Civil Registration:CF-AUJ
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Super 71 cn 50 cr CF-AUJ
    Latest Owner or Location:Canadian Airways

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    Constructed as a Super 71.
    The Fairchild Super 71 was a Canadian parasol-mounted, high-wing monoplane cargo transport aircraft built by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada). The Super 71 was an entirely new design that was the first purpose-built civilian bush plane for use in remote and northern locales in Canada. Unique in Canadian aviation history, the Fairchild Super 71 was the first metal-skinned aircraft to be built in Canada for bush flying operations.

    5 March 1935

    To Fairchild (Canada) Ltd, Montreal, QC with new c/r CF-AUJ.

    4 December 1935

    To Canadian Airways keeping c/r CF-AUJ.

    3 October 1940

    Written off.
    The aircraft was written off after running into a submerged log and sinking in Lost Bay on Confederation Lake.

    28 April 2014


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: This is the Fairchild Super 71, built in 1934 and on display at the Western Canada Aviation Museum in Winnipeg. With a parasol wing and rear mounted cockpit, it could carry 8 pax or freight in the heated cabin. It crashed in 1940 with Canadian Airways. It was carrying 75 pounds of gold, which was recovered from the bottom of the lake.
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