Fairchild 21
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The Fairchild 21 was a 1920s American
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two-seat monoplane
Monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the most common form for a fixed wing aircraft.-Types of monoplane:...
designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft.
Design and development
The Fairchild 21 was a low-wing braced monoplane with an two open cockpits and powered by a 80hp (60kW) Armstrong Siddeley GenetArmstrong Siddeley Genet
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radial piston engine. It was of mixed construction and had a fixed tailwheel landing gear
Conventional landing gear
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and was fitted with dual controls.