Stephen Sauger

IN RESEARCHING a new model, one usually finds all sorts of missing links, sometimes ending up with an incomplete or weak presentation because of lack of data, photos, 3-views, etc., or more times than ever, a project that never gets off the ground, ending up as a dream that never will manifest itself. Such was not the case of the Fairchild. After spotting it on the cover of EAA Sport Aviation, August 1974, a phone call was made to Lambertville, Mich., 60 miles distant, and a most cooperative Tom Leonhardt invited me down for a day of picture taking and dimensions.