| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 0800 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fairchild 45 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fairchild 45 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fairchild JK-1 |
| C/n (msn): | 4006 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Hagerstown - Regional / Richard A Henson FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KHGR IATA: HGR Local: HGR Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1936 to 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 655128 |
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The Fairchild 45 was a five-seat executive aircraft first flown in 1935. It was comfortable and easy to fly, yet only 16 F-45A series aircraft were built. One of these, NC16365, was sold to the US Navy as a JK-1. It was used by Rear Admiral King at Anacostia and later on the American west coast at North Island and Alameda. During WWII two more F-45As were impressed as JK-1s and two by the US Army as UC-88s. Fairchild took over Kreidner-Reisner Aircraft at Hagerstown in 1929. Fairchild moved there itself in 1931 and supposedly the Kreider-Reisner name disappeared in 1934. Photo from: Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 14 February 2024, and has since been viewed 501 times. |