Fairchild Aviation
Type	Aircraft manufacturer
Founded	1925
Founder	Sherman Fairchild
Headquarters	San Antonio, Texas, USA
Subsidiaries	Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada)
Website	http://www.m7aerospace.com

1944 Fairchild Argus III

Fairchild was an aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York, Hagerstown, Maryland and San Antonio, Texas. An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome Sherman Mills Fairchild (b April 7, 1896 - March 28, 1971) was an inventor (with 30 patents and serial entrepreneur who founded such companies Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity The Fairchild Aircraft Ltd of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada was an Aircraft manufacturer in the period 1920-1950 A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Farmingdale is a village in Nassau County, New York in the United States. Hagerstown (ˈheɪgɚztaʊn is the County seat of Washington County, Maryland, United States.

History

The company was founded by Sherman Fairchild in 1925 as Fairchild Aviation Corporation, based in Farmingdale, and East Farmingdale, New York. Sherman Mills Fairchild (b April 7, 1896 - March 28, 1971) was an inventor (with 30 patents and serial entrepreneur who founded such companies The company produced the first US aircraft to include a fully-enclosed cockpit and hydraulic landing gear, the Fairchild FC-1. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the At some point they were also known as the Fairchild Aircraft Manufacturing Company. The Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada was an aircraft manufacturer in the period 1920-1950. The Fairchild Aircraft Ltd of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada was an Aircraft manufacturer in the period 1920-1950 It served as a subsidiary of the Fairchild company of the United States. In 1929 Sherman Fairchild purchased a majority stock interest in Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company of Hagerstown. Fairchild moved to Hagerstown, Maryland in 1931.

Fairchild 71C at the Western Canada Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Early Aircraft

A Fairchild airplane, the Virginia, was taken as one of three planes by Richard E. Byrd on his 1928/29 expedition to the South Pole. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116  sq mi of North America Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN ( October 25, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1957) was a pioneering American polar It was used for test flights and reconnaissance.

World War II

Among its activities during World War II was producing PT-19/PT-23/PT-26 (Cornell) and AT-21 trainers, C-82 "Packet" cargo planes and missiles. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Fairchild AT-21 Gunner, a twin-engine trainer, was manufactured at a former rayon mill in Burlington, North Carolina. Also large numbers of the Fairchild Type 24 (C-61) were produced for the military (principally the Fairchild Argus for the Royal Air Force) and postwar, the civilian market (see separate entry under Fairchild Argus). The Fairchild Model 24, a four-seat single- engine Monoplane light transport Aircraft that was used by the US Army Air Corps as the

Fairchild PT-26B Cornell in flying condition at the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, Manitoba, 2005. The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, also known as the Empire Air Training Scheme, Empire Air Training Plan, Commonwealth Air Training Plan Brandon is a City in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. The surrounding area is often referred to as " Westman "

Postwar

The Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" was a US military transport aircraft developed from the World War II Fairchild C-82 Packet. The C-119 was designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients and mechanized equipment with the ability to make "paradrops" of cargo and troops. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built for use in the USAF and other air forces including the RCAF. After its retirement from military service, the flexibility and ruggedness of the C-119 made it ideal to convert as a waterbomber.

C-119 Flying Boxcars from the 314th Troop Carrier Group.

In 1949, the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation (based in Hagerstown, Maryland) started work on the C-123 Provider, the transport officially entering service in 1955. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) In 1956, the company acquired rights to the Fokker Friendships, producing 206 of the aircraft as the Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout During the 1950s, Fairchild was a large subcontractor to Boeing for B-52 fuselage sections and wing panels. Later they would build F-4 Phantom tail sections, F-14 Tomcat tails, and Space Shuttle stabilizers. Their association with Boeing would continue into the 1980s building wing controls surfaces for 747s and 757s. In 1964, the company purchased Hiller Aircraft, changing their name to Fairchild Hiller and producing the FH-1100, until 1973 when the helicopter division was sold back to Stanley Hiller. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Hiller Aircraft Company was founded by Stanley Hiller in 1942 to develop helicopters WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. In 1965, the company acquired the Republic Aviation Company. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale Long Island New York.

Following the death of its founder, Fairchild changed its name to Fairchild Industries in 1971, before purchasing Swearingen and manufacturing the Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, a successful commuter aircraft (with US military designations C-26 Metroliner and UC-26 Metroliner). Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout During 1971 and 1972, the company developed what would become the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, prevailing over a rival design by Northrop, the Northrop YA-9. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Northrop Grumman Corporation ( is an Aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

The A-10 Thunderbolt II

The company developed the T-46 jet trainer to replace the elderly T-37 trainer, but it was not accepted by the Air Force because of performance problems. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout For the Soviet light tank see T-37 tank WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft.

In 1984, aircraft production ceased in Hagerstown, Maryland. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Hagerstown (ˈheɪgɚztaʊn is the County seat of Washington County, Maryland, United States.

After the company's takeover of Dornier's civil assets in 1996, the company was renamed Fairchild Dornier. Dornier Flugzeugwerke was a German Aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claudius Dornier Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The company commenced production of the Dornier 328 in 1998 under license from Daimler-Benz. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Daimler-Benz AG was a German manufacturer of automobiles motor vehicles and engines which was founded in 1926

In 2002-2003, the company was taken over by M7 Aerospace. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. M7 Aerospace is the successor organization to Fairchild-Dornier Aviation, having bought much of that firm's assets out of bankruptcy

Museum displays

• Hagerstown Aviation Museum, Hagerstown, Maryland

1939 F24/UC-61C

1945 C-82A

1943 PT-19A

1953 C-119

• Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania

1937 24-G Deluxe

1940 PT-19 Cornell

1942 PT-26 Cornell

1953 C-119F Flying Boxcar

• Musée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium

C-119G Flying Boxcar

• National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio

1938 PT-19A Cornell

1944 C-82A Packet

1947 C-119J Flying Boxcar

1953 C-123K Provider

1972 YA-10A Thunderbolt II

• Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian Institution, Chantilly, Virginia

1927 FC-2

• Virginia Aviation Museum, Richmond, Virginia

1927 FC-2W2

1937 24-G

External links

• M7 Aerospace - Company Web Site
• Fairchild Industries Collection, National Air and Space Archives PDF 1071 KB, includes corporate history and chronology
• Fairchild history - Fairchild trainer production WW2
• Pictures of Fairchilds
• Hagerstown Aviation Museum- Museum based in Hagerstown, Maryland, "Home of the Flying Boxcar," and Fairchild from 1931-1984