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 The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire. Notable for the design of a number of important military a ...

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 used ...

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 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 ''Fairc ...

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 Fairchild TV or FTV is a Canadian Cantonese language exempt specialty channel."Waging a war over a large, wealthy, educated audience ; Fairchild TV and CFMT are battling it out to deliver the news to Canada's Chinese community". ''Toronto Star'' ...

, 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 19 ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ...

, U.S. aviation company, successor to Fairchild Industries * Fairchild Publications, Inc. * Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation *

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, U.S. defense contractor *

Sherman Fairchild Foundation The Sherman Fairchild Foundation, founded in 1955, is a charitable foundation of Sherman Fairchild Sherman Mills Fairchild (April 7, 1896 – March 28, 1971) was an American businessman and investor. He founded over List of Sherman Fairchild c ...

People

* Fairchild (name) *

Fairchild family The Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony. Genealogy Among the notable memb ...

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

Places

* Fairchild, Georgia *

Fairchild, Wisconsin Fairchild is a village in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Fairchild. History The Fairchild post office has been operating since 1870. The village ...

, a village located within the town of Fairchild * Fairchild (town), Wisconsin, 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 ...

, Washington state, USA * Fairchild Beach, Heard Island, subantarctic waters * Fairchild Glacier, Washington state, USA * Fairchild Mountain, Colorado, USA * Fairchild Peak, Antarctica * Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables * Fairchilds, Texas *

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 Ju ...

, Port Angeles, Washington state, USA

Entertainment

* FairChild (2007 videogame), a Japanese visual novel * The

Fairchild Channel F The Fairchild Channel F, short for "Channel Fun", is a video game console, the first to be based on a microprocessor and to use ROM cartridges instead of having games built-in. It was released by Fairchild Camera and Instrument in November 1976 a ...

, an early video game console

Food

* Fairchild (mango), a commercial mango cultivar originating in Panama *

Fairchild tangerine The Fairchild tangerine is a cross between a Clementine mandarin and an Orlando tangelo. The skin is thin with a deep orange color, is somewhat pebbly, and doesn't peel as easily as some other tangerines. It is juicy with a rich and sweet flavo ...

Other

Fairchild Memorial Hall Fairchild Memorial Hall houses the Air University (AU) library at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The premier library in the United States Department of Defense, the AU Library holds especially strong collections in the fields of warfare, aeron ...