Aircraft Photo of 75725 | Fairchild XNQ-1 (92) | USA - Navy | AirHistory.net #238394
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:75725
Aircraft Original Type:Fairchild 92 (XNQ-1)
Aircraft Generic Type:Fairchild 92 (XNQ-1)
Aircraft Version:Fairchild XNQ-1 (92)
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:1948 to 1949
Photo from:Ed Coates Collection / CAHS
Photo ID: 238394
Photo Comment

First prototype, originally with a Lycoming radial and rejected by the US Navy. Later fitted with Lycoming horizontally opposed engine. Selected for the USAF but then dumped in favour of the Beech T-34. 72725 crashed in 1950. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

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