Details of Air Union's F-GEAB are given on Photo 651334. Also depicted is Imperial Airways' Vickers Type 170 Vanguard G-EBCP c/n.1, the only one of its type. Registered 19 April 1922, first flew 18 July 1923 as Type 62 for the Air Ministry, later Type 103 before being re-engined as Type 170, to Imperial Airways 1925. Withdrawn from airline service 1928 for a new tail unit to eliminate control problems. On 16 May 1929 while on a test-flight from Brooklands, it crashed and burned at Shepperton, killing the two occupants. The tail unit had failed, attributed to excessive rudder force.

Cancelled from the register in 1942. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

The FC-2 was the series variant of the FC-1 prototype, which had been designed for Fairchild's own aerial photography business. NC5574 was originally registered to Fairchild Aerial Surveys. The FC-2 was improved to produce the Fairchild 51 in 1930 and this airframe was modified to Model 51 standard. To Mexico as X-BADV in 1948. Photo from: Wayne State University