I photographed these Fairchild FC-2 examples at Oshkosh and the Smithsonian.
The vintage Pan American Airlines livery in Washington DC was an added bonus, as was the folded wings at Oshkosh.
1929 Fairchild FC-2W2 #35
EAA Museum, Oshkosh 2024
EAA Museum Oshkosh 2025
1928 Fairchild FC-2W2 #139
Represents the first service airplane of Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) in 1929
Smithsonian NASM 2015
1928 Fairchild FC-2W2 #140 “Stars and Stripes”
This plane was used by Lt. Commander Richard E. Byrd on his Antarctic expeditions