[3][4][5] E. B. Christopher, Swallow Aircraft Company president and designer of the Model C, was killed in the crash of an early example that he was flying.
[6] The Model C is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional configuration with an enclosed cabin and fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
[2] In April 1937, Swallow company president E. B. Christopher, who had designed the aircraft, exhibited an example at an air show in Los Angeles.
[6] Grumm was reportedly interested in arranging finance for Swallow to manufacture the Model C.[6] According to witnesses, the aircraft was struggling against a headwind as it attempted to navigate Tejon Pass at less than 100 ft (30 m) altitude.
[6] Following the tragedy, Swallow's new president, Sam Bloomfied, still intended marketing the Model C as late as September 1937.