1937 Fairchild 24G For Sale | 1937 Fairchild 24G | Dan Casali

Sale Details

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:17:13 -0600

1937 Fairchild 24G Serial # 2918

Warner S50 145 hp engine w electrical system, lights*, wing-tip strobes

TT 2200 Hrs SMOH 600 Hrs Last Annual: November 2008

Frame-up professional rebuild completed: 1993 TT since rebuild 586 Hrs

Paper Logbooks back to 1963; microfiche to 1937; FAA CD (11/03)

Fuel Capacity: 57 gal usable Fuel Burn: 8.3 gph @1850 rpm

Cruise Speed: 95 mph - prop pitched for climb (we live in the mountains)

Stall Speed: 56 mph - no flaps (there are no flaps)

3 place (2 front, 1 rear), Max Wt 2400 lbs, 750 lb usable load

Pictures of interior are found in the Pictures Section, Aircraft Details

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This aircraft is a friendly puppy in the air, with smooth and well balanced pushrod activated ailerons and elevator. Its performance is similar to the original Cessna 172, but with smoother controls. No flaps, but easy to slip. It's quieter than a Cessna, and the roll down windows are great in the summer. Unruffled by turbulence.

It loves wheel landings on pavement; it rolls on so smoothly you'll wonder if you've actually touched down. It was built for grass and is great off-pavement. With its wide, wide gear, it is (now) an easy taildragger to master.

The aircraft had some bad habits on the ground when I bought it (grabby brakes and a shimmying, non-steering, free-pivoting tailwheel) but those squawks have been permanently resolved.

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*the retractable landing light is inoperative - day VFR only until fixed

Spares

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:01:06 -0600

N2088 was sold to me with a spare engine core (with logs? - see left panel) and many boxes of engine pieces, some of which clearly came from the core (eg. the accessories) and some of which were in addition to the core. I spent $700 to ship the whole caboodle from Nashville, TN to Gooding, ID.

There seem to be all the pieces of a complete engine installation except for the removed cylinder as noted, and no ignition harness, spark plugs, or exhaust system.

All spares are AS IS. There are no logs for the engine. None of the parts are yellow tagged; some appear to be new - old stock; most used. The links below lead to many pictures of the spares I am offering.

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Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:11:41 -0600

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N2088 FAA Records

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:24:00 -0600

N2088 has paper log files back through about 1950. I also have a set of microfiche documents that got back to the earliest registration. In November of 2003 I ordered the CD Rom of all the aircraft records through that date from the FAA. Interestingly, certain documents in the microfiche didn't get onto the CD, including the letter that authorizes the 30 gallon wing tanks.

The FAA documents are in Adobe PDF format. If you don't have Adobe Reader, which is required to read them, you can download it here:

Click On Name Below to Download the FAA PDF file.

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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:18:30 -0600

How to Get to Gooding, id

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:34:47 -0600

Gooding, ID, is about 100 road miles SE of Boise, ID or 36 road miles NNW of Twin Falls, ID. Boise has major airline service from several carriers, including Southwest, Delta, Alaska, and Northwest. Twin Falls has service from Delta Skywest, with most flights connecting via Salt Lake, UT.

The Gooding airport is reached by driving on US Hwy 26 two miles to the west (towards Bliss) from the intersection of Idaho 46 and US 26 on the southern edge of Gooding. The airport is just south of the highway and the entrance is signed.

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Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:32:01 -0600

Ragwing Aircraft did a remarkably good job on the aircraft interior during their 1993 restoration. The seats were covered in leather and are quite comfortable. Note the roll-down windows. You can see the instrumentation in pictures below. A RAM ball mount is used to support my Garmin 195 GPS (not included). The original Fairchild free-pivoting tailwheel, which shimmied and made every landing a bit of an adventure, was replaced last summer on a 337 with with a steerable Alaskan Bushwheel tailwheel. This is actually a Scott 3200 made up of PMA's components.