Fairchild may refer to:

Organizations

Fairchild Aerial Surveys Sherman Mills Fairchild (April 7, 1896 – March 28, 1971) was an American businessman and investor. He founded over List of Sherman Fairchild companies, 70 companies, including Fairchild Aircraft (Fairchild Aviation Corporation), Fairchild Indus ...

, operated in cooperation with a subsidiary of Fairey Aviation Company *

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation was a company founded by Sherman Fairchild. It was based on the East Coast of the United States, and provided research and development for flash photography equipment. The technology was primarily use ...

List of Sherman Fairchild companies Sherman Fairchild, Sherman Mills Fairchild was an American businessman and inventor in the middle of the 20th century. His entire business holdings are not fully known, but a former Fairchild employee, Theron Rinehart, compiled an incomplete list ...

, "Fairchild" companies * Fairchild Fashion Media *

Fairchild Group The Fairchild Group ( zh, t=新時代集團, s=新时代集团, p=Xīnshídài Jítuán, j=San1si4doi6 Zaap6tyun4, first=t) is a Canadian business conglomerate, with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Fairchild Group operates ...

, a Chinese-language media company in Canada ** Fairchild TV, a Cantonese-language television channel in Canada owned by the Fairchild Group *

Fairchild-Hiller Corporation Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas. History Early aircraft The company was founded by Sherman Fairchild in ...

, U.S. aviation company **

Fairchild Aircraft Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas. History Early aircraft The company was founded by Sherman Fairchild in 1 ...

, an aircraft manufacturer, division of Fairchild, also variously known as Fairchild-Hiller, Fairchild-Republic and Fairchild-Dornier **

Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. was an aircraft manufacturer active at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada in the period 1920–50. It served as a subsidiary of the Fairchild Aircraft company of the United States. History Origin Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. came a ...

, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer **

Fairchild Industries Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas. History Early aircraft The company was founded by Sherman Fairchild in 19 ...

, Inc. ; U.S. aviation company, successor to Fairchild Hiller Corporation **

Fairchild Corporation The Fairchild Corporation is the successor corporation of Fairchild Industries, Inc. Banner Aerospace is one of the company's major subsidiaries. The last major Fairchild asset sold was Fairchild Fasteners, a Sherman Fairchild company, which was s ...

, U.S. aviation company, successor to Fairchild Industries *

Fairchild Publications, Inc. Fairchild Media is a publisher of fashion trade magazines, websites, and conferences for the fashion, retail and beauty industries. Fairchild Media brands include ''Women’s Wear Daily'', ''Footwear News'' (FN), ''Beauty Inc'', ''M'' and ''Fairch ...

Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation was an American manufacturer of professional audio equipment located in Whitestone, New York. Background The company was founded by Sherman Fairchild in 1931 to augment his interests in photography and im ...

Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. Founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, it became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and of int ...

, an American semiconductor company *

Fairchild Systems Fairchild Systems was a United States defense contractor which is now part of BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support. A descendant of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, the San Francisco Chronicle described Fairchild Systems as "one of the ...

, U.S. defense contractor *

Sherman Fairchild Foundation The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, founded in 1955, is a charitable foundation of Sherman Fairchild, founder and chairman of the Fairchild Corporations. Sherman Mills Fairchild formed two charitable foundations, the Fairchild Foundation and the S ...

People

Fairchild (name) __NOTOC__ Fairchild is a common surname derived from the Old English words for fair or beautiful and the word child. Originally a given name, early records of its use as a surname are found in Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex. List of persons with t ...

* Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670), English nurseryman

Places

Fairchild, Georgia Fairchild is an unincorporated community in Seminole County, in the U.S. state of Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United S ...

* Fairchild, Wisconsin, a village located within the town of Fairchild *

Fairchild (town), Wisconsin Fairchild is a town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 351 at the 2000 census. The Fairchild, Wisconsin, Village of Fairchild is located within the town. Geography According to the Uni ...

, a town that contains the village of Fairchild *

Fairchild Air Force Base Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base, located in the northwest United States in eastern Washington, approximately southwest of Spokane. The host unit at Fairchild is the 92nd Air Refueling Wing (92 ARW) assigned t ...

, Washington state, USA *

Fairchild Beach Fairchild Beach () is a sandy beach, wide and long, which extends north from the base of Round Hill to the south side of the terminus of Compton Glacier, on the east side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The beach faces Compton Lagoo ...

, Heard Island, subantarctic waters *

Fairchild Glacier Fairchild Glacier is located in the U.S. state of Washington on Mount Fairchild and Mount Carrie in the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park. Beginning at an elevation of about along the Bailey Ridge, the glacier descends northeast and is n ...

, Washington state, USA *

Fairchild Mountain Fairchild Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, northwest ( bearing 311°) of the Town of Estes Park in Larim ...

, Colorado, USA *

Fairchild Peak Fairchild Peak is a conspicuous rock peak, high, standing south-southeast of Portal Rock, at the south side of the mouth of Tillite Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William W. Fairchild, a United States Anta ...

, Antarctica * Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables *

Fairchilds, Texas Fairchilds is a village in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 763 at the 2010 census, up from 678 at the 2000 census. As of 2018 the population had risen to ...

William R. Fairchild International Airport William R. Fairchild International Airport is a public airport located within the city limits of Port Angeles in Clallam County, Washington, United States. It is northwest of the central business district of Port Angeles, near the Strait of ...

, Port Angeles, Washington state, USA

Entertainment

FairChild Fairchild may refer to: Organizations * Fairchild Aerial Surveys, operated in cooperation with a subsidiary of Fairey Aviation Company * Fairchild Camera and Instrument * List of Sherman Fairchild companies, "Fairchild" companies * Fairchild Fash ...

(2007 videogame), a Japanese visual novel * The Fairchild Channel F, an early video game console

Food

Fairchild (mango) The 'Fairchild' mango is a commercially grown mango cultivar originating in Panama. The 'Fairchild Emerald' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in southwest Florida. History Little is known about the history of the variety, other ...

, a commercial mango cultivar originating in Panama * Fairchild tangerine

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