This airplane is a Fairchild FC-2W, S/N 28. It is a five-seat, high-wing monoplane designed for cargo hauling. Its wings folded back for hangar storage. This airplane was probably manufactured ca. 1927-28 by the Fairchild Airplane Mfg. Corp., Farmingdale, LI, NY.

NC4770 landed at Tucson Friday, April 19, 1929 at 1:00 PM. It was flown by G.C. Pomeroy carrying a single passenger, B.G. Dahlberg. Based at Chicago, IL, they were westbound from El Paso, TX to Los Angeles, CA.

The image below, courtesy of friend of dmairfield.org Tim Kalina, comes from the October 1929 issue of the Air Travel magazine rotogravure section. Not only do we see a spectacularly clear image of NC4770 (bottom photo), but the background pattern of repeating biplanes is very creative and attractive. The person is identified as Mr. Dahlberg.

Fairchild NC4770, ca. 1929

The top photograph is of Stinson Detroiter NC3347, which does not appear in the Register.

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