1941 Fairchild 24WSingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Redondo Beach, CA, USA

This 1941 Fairchild 24W, registered as N66143, is a historically significant aircraft with a total time of 1,755 hours on the airframe. It was originally built for the Army Air Corps as a UC-61 with a 165 hp Warner Scarab engine and was destined for the Royal Air Force before being retained for utility service in the Caribbean and South America during World War II. After becoming derelict with 1,342 hours, it underwent a 26-year restoration that included replacing the original engine with a 200 hp Ranger 6-440C-5 engine, converting it to a 24R configuration; this engine has 261 hours since major overhaul against a 1,400-hour TBO, paired with...