What is this plane? #34

[howardwhite 6]

Well, it's not so hard, but...
Where and when was this one? What hp engine? What time claimed for eight jumpers to 12,5?

HW

[javelin1 0]

i am guessing a fairchild something or other.pic may be at taft mid 60's

[mjosparky 4]

An old one.

Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[poppenhager 1]

Looks like one of Dave Steves Fairchild 71's with a P&W 1340 600HP.Fast climber,great jump plane.Out west some where?? Pop

[piper17 1]

Fairchild 71C with a P&W Wasp engine of 420 hp. As far as it's time to climb, I'm guessing you needed to bring your lunch.

http://www.ualberta.ca/EDMONTON/CONTRIB/airmuseum/aamfairchild.html

"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition"...Rudyard Kipling

[drjump 0]

Early Norydon Norseman.

[javelin1 0]

speaking of Dave steves, do any of you oldtimers remember his Stinson mule(V77)??

[howardwhite 6]

Correct.
It accompanies a letter from Dan True in the Feb. '65 Sky Diver, in which he says "I have my 600 horse Fairchild 71 for sale. It is like the U.S. Team used except my jumpers all sit sideways and inside....
"I jumped the Dallas club eight at a time last week...We're getting to 12,500 in 16 minutes."
Lyle Cameron responds:
"They are good old birds, Dan, but we could pick up two twin Beechs for what Dave Steeves and you want for them."

HW

[poppenhager 1]

Yes,Steve Snyder had a mule for a while at Ripcord in N.J.which I flew and jumped a few times.Another one of Dave Steves great jump ships.Big doors,roomy cabin,fast climbers. Pop

[howardwhite 6]

Further on this, from Sky Diver, Nov-Dec. '69, by Lyle Cameron.
"Bob Palmieri, who operates the drop zone at Perris...has recently acquired the 1929 Fairchild 71 from Ron Freeze up Frisco way. The F-71 is a sister ship to the one used at U.S. Team training in 1964 at Fresno....
"Dave Steeves, who rebuilt the F-71 used at Team Training, also built the first Stinson V-77 Mule especially for jumping. After Dave was killed in Mule No. 2, the prototype was sold to Steve Snyder and used at his New Jersey Drop Zone. She was later bought by Bill Scherr who now flies it at Perris.
"... Want some slow accuracy runs, like 40 mph? Try the F-71. The F-71 was designed as a high altitude (30,000 feet) camera plane (prorotype to the U-2), so some slow-exiting star loads with the Mule is the way to go for star beginners."

HW