AirVenture 2025 Cool Planes: 1929 Fairchild 71

A tribute to the enduring ruggedness of the design, this 96-year-old airplane is a regular flyer.

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • AVweb's Mark Phelps showcased a "very cool Fairchild" aircraft during AirVenture.
  • This video segment was originally featured as part of their "Oshkosh Live" coverage.
  • Three more videos from the event are scheduled to be released this week.
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AirVenture is all about cool planes and AVweb’s Mark Phelps made the rounds looking for them. In this segment, he found a very cool Fairchild and rolled the cameras. This video was originally part of our Oshkosh Live segment and we’ll be running three more this week.

Mark Phelps

Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.
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