Fairchild Super 71

The Fairchild Super 71 was a Canadian parasol-mounted high-wing monoplane cargo aircraft built by Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada), and one of the first purpose-built civilian bush planes for remote northern Canada. The Fairchild company studied new designs based on its Model 71 in 1933, but the Super 71 was an entirely new design with a duralumin monocoque fuselage, a first for Canada, and strut-braced metal wings and tail surfaces. The parasol wing and rear cockpit proved unpopular because forward vision suffered, so the Royal Canadian Air Force specified a cockpit ahead of the wing. Six different engines were offered. The prototype, CF-AUJ, first flew on floats on 31 October 1934 and was written off in 1940.