Sherman Fairchild developed an interest in aerial photographic survey during World War I. He started Fairchild Aircraft to build an aircraft (the FC-2) to meet the needs of his survey business. Normally NC2K, NR2K was used by Fairchild's photogrammetry (low level, oblique images) business at Burbank. It became NR2K when it participated in air races. NC2K managed to appear in a couple of movies because of its proximity to Hollywood. The aircraft is still registered and is still based in California. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Preserved at the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Written off when a float collapsed landing on Deschambault Lake, Saskatchewan, on July 4, 1943. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Damaged beyond repair when a fuel lock caused the engine to stop near Greenville, Maine on December 24, 1930. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Crashed at Indin, NWT, on September 26, 1946. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Adopted the RCAF serial 632 in 1930. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Still registered in 2022. Was used to inaugurate the Detroit to Toronto air service on July 15, 1929. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Operated by International Airways. Crashed on the last day of 1929 at Moncton, Nova Scotia. Floatplanes were used, and still are, to take hunters and anglers into the wilderness along the Caniapiscau River. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

To civil register as CF-BXG with Canadian Airways. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Crashed August 6, 1937 at Morrison Lake, Manitoba. Western Canada Aviation Museum has parts of this aircraft. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Written off after an accident on March 12, 1936. Library and Archives Canada

'Uncle William' at Fort Fitzgerald, near Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

This was the first all-metal Canadian built bush plane. This prototype parasol wing version was powered by a 525 HP P&W S1D1 Wasp engine. It sank after running into a submerged log near Lost Bay on Confederation Lake 3 October 1940. Subsequently salvaged and donated to the museum for restoration. The museum was renamed the Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada 19 December 2014 and closed its doors 22 October 2018. The historic TCA hangar and original terminal building were sadly demolished to make way for a new maintenance facility. The construction of a new museum building commenced 1 May 2020.

Built in 1927. Maintained airworthy. Ex NC9727, X-ABCI and X-ABEF.

Nicely restored from a crash and recovery and now on display

One of a kind, this was the first all-metal Canadian designed bush plane. With a parasol wing and rear mounted cockpit, it could carry a tonne of freight or 8 persons. It crashed in Northern Ontario in 1940. The engine and 75 pounds of gold were salvaged. Recovered many years later and restored and is now on display at the Western Canadian Air Museum in Winnipeg.