Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper

Fairchild 91 Baby Clipper			Photo Gallery
Developed in coordination with PanAm engineers in 1935 to replace the Sikorsky S-38, six Fairchild 91 Baby Clippers were ordered by PanAm for operations along routes in the Amazon and Yangtze. In 1936, the airplanes were sold to Brazilian airline Panair and then a month later PanAm acquired Panair. In the end, PanAm decided to order only two aircraft and two more were built as the A-94-A and A-94-B. The most significant change in the A-94-B was the installation of a 760 hp Wright R-1820 Cyclone engine from a 650 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1960 Hornet. The A-94-B NR777 (c/n 9407) was operated by the Museum of Natural History in New Guinea in 1936-1937 for naturalist Richard Archbold. Originally NC16690 (c/n 9405), owned by industrialist Garfield A. Wood was donated to the British American Ambulance Corps as HK832 for use in North Africa. In all, only seven aircraft were built.
(c/n 9405) was donated to the British American Ambulance Corps as HK832 for use in North Africa. PanAm NC15952 (c/n 9403) at the East River seaplane base at 31st Street, NYC 1936. It later became PP-PAT and was the last surviving Fairchild 91 when it was scrapped in 1945.