Aircraft Photo of NACA 60 | Fairchild 22 | NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NACA 60
Aircraft Original Type:	Fairchild 22
Aircraft Generic Type:	Fairchild 22
Aircraft Version:	Fairchild 22
Licence-built by:	Kreider-Reisner
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:	NACA - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Location
City / Airport:	Hampton - Langley AFBMap
Region / Country:	Virginia, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KLFI IATA: LFI Local: LFI Other: -

Photo Date:	February 1939
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	766796

Photo Comment
NACA altered this Fairchild 22 almost beyond recognition making it a low-wing plane! Some sources suggest that NACA had three or four F-22s, but photos prove that NACA 60 was tested in different configurations. However, a different airframe was procured through the US Navy in 1935, becoming NACA 82. That one had a Warner Scarab radial engine, USN designation XR2K-1 (not XR2L-1) and BuNo 9998. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life This photo was added on 10 January 2025, and has since been viewed 146 times.

Photo Comment

NACA altered this Fairchild 22 almost beyond recognition making it a low-wing plane! Some sources suggest that NACA had three or four F-22s, but photos prove that NACA 60 was tested in different configurations. However, a different airframe was procured through the US Navy in 1935, becoming NACA 82. That one had a Warner Scarab radial engine, USN designation XR2K-1 (not XR2L-1) and BuNo 9998. Photo by: Carl Mydans / Life

This photo was added on 10 January 2025, and has since been viewed 146 times.

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