Fairchild 24KS
N1328
(c/n 3310)
The 24K was introduced in 1938
as a Ranger-powered companion model to the Warner Super
Scarab radial powered 24J, and a handsome machine it
was, too. Interestingly, and oddly, the
registration NC20628 should
have been assigned to c/n 3310, but instead was allocated to a Fair-
chile 24R-9, c/n 403 and the above aircraft became
NC1328. It was N1328 when I caught it
on the slipway at Little Ferry Seaplane Base on the
Hackensack River in October 1956. This
historic machine is still on the register (although
possibly no longer on floats) and is, I believe, the
subject of yet another restoration project.