Two section to look in at the NASM archives...First is to write them and check on whether the drawings are in the microfilm collection. Be aware that a response can take 6-8 weeks or more under normal conditions, but with the archives having just been moved, it may take double that time.
The second possible area to search is the following collection within NASM. It has quite a bit of stuff and you would need to peruse through the catalog for each box to acertain if there is something that will help in it. The index to the contents of each box can be found on their website, but I don't have the time this afternoon to find it again. I know that there are some V-770 drawings within the boxes and searching for that stuff is how I found it.
Fairchild Industries, Inc. Collection, 1919-1980
CREATOR:
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
SUBJECT:
Fairchild, Sherman M
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co
Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp
Hiller Aircraft Corp
Swearingen Aircraft
Republic
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG
Fokker Aircraft Corp
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
277.95 cubic feet (255 records center boxes)
TYPE:
Correspondence
Collection descriptions
Manuscripts
Drawings
Photographs
Publications
Financial records
Motion pictures (visual works)
Videotapes
Negatives
PLACE:
United States
DATE:
1919
1919-1980
TOPIC:
Aerial photography
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Commercial
Aircraft industry
Periodicals
LOCAL NUMBER:
1989-0060
NOTES:
The Fairchild group of companies grew out of the aerial photography interests of Sherman M. Fairchild. By 1925 Fairchild had created a group of companies to control the aerial photographic work when he formed Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corp and Fairchild Caminez Engine Corp to manufacture airframes and power plants. In 1929 Fairchild Aviation Corp, the holding company for the Fairchild interests, acquired Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co, Inc. and became a subsidiary of the Aviation Corp (Avco). In 1931 Fairchild withdrew from Avco by giving up Fairchild Airplane and Fairchild Engine (ex-Fairchild Caminez) holdings. In 1934 Kreider-Reisner became Fairchild Aircraft Corp (FAC) and Fairchild incorporated Ranger Engineering Corp to manufacture aircraft engines. Two years later the Fairchild Aviation Corp split, with FAC and Ranger forming the Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp (FEAC) while the aerial photography and survey concerns stayed in Fairchild Aviation Corp. FEAC soon acquired two materials processing companies, Duromold Aircraft Corp (1937) and Al-Fin Corp (1941), to control forming and bonding processes in aircraft manufacture. Also in 1941 FEAC organized the Stratos Corp to develop high-altitude superchargers. Through World War II, FEAC built military training and transport aircraft and, in the following decade expanded into a wide variety of interests, including personal aircraft (1945-49; co. liquidated), drones and missiles (1945- ), nuclear-powered aircraft (1946-51), and armaments (1955-60; sold to Armalite). In 1961 FEAC became Fairchild Stratos Corp (FSC) and expanded into space applications. In 1964 FSC acquired Hiller Aircraft Co, a helicopter manufacturer, and became Fairchild Hiller Corp (FHC), which acquired Republic Aviation Corp in 1965. In 1971 FHC became Fairchild Industries, Inc. (FI) and acquired Swearingen Aviation Corp, an aircraft manufacturer. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, FI continued to diversify into a number of non-aviation-related fields, including materials handling, communications, and electronics. In 1987 FI discontinued its remaining airframe manufacturing operations following the cancellation of government contracts and, in 1989, was bought out by Banner Industries
SUMMARY:
This collection consists of historical files on FI, its predecessors, and subsidiaries. The material consists primarily of historical/public relations material, including photographs and brochures, but also includes significant amounts of business records for FEAC, Kreider-Reisner, Hiller, Republic, Ranger, Stratos, and Swearingen. The collection also documents Fairchild's joint ventures with Fokker, Pilatus, and other aircraft manufacturers. The material also includes an extensive negative collection as well as film and videotape libraries
DATA SOURCE:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
2nd pass here, did a real quick search and did manage to find the index. Here is the url for it and I think what you need is going to be in Boxes 32, 80, 318 and 319.http://airandspace.si.edu/research/arch ... ng_Aid.pdf
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