OLD RHINEBECK AERODROME

Fairchild Ranger V-770
Country:  Farmingdale, NY  U.S.A.
Year: 1931
Horsepower: 300-520 (1931-1940) 
R.P.M.: 2150
Weight: 565 lbs.
Displacement: 772 cu. in.
Configuration: V-12, air-cooled
Used in: Curtiss SOC-3, Fairchild 
experimental designs

The Curtiss Seagull was the only production aircraft to use the 770.  It was considered to be one of America's worst aircraft of W.W.II.  The engine would tend to overheat and quit without warning when the Seagull was flown slowly. 

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