Fairchild may refer to:

Organizations

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

, 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 that designed important military aircraft, including the ...

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 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 of companies that ...

, "Fairchild" companies *

Fairchild Fashion Media Fairchild Media is a publisher of digital media, journalism, photography and design, events and summits, video and studios, and fashion. Fairchild Media brands include ''Women’s Wear Daily'', ''Footwear News'' (FN), ''Beauty Inc'', ''M'' and '' ...

* Fairchild Group, a Chinese-language media company in Canada **

Fairchild TV Fairchild TV or FTV (新時代電視), 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 communi ...

, a Cantonese-language television channel in Canada owned by the Fairchild Group * Fairchild-Hiller Corporation, 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 19 ...

, 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 192 ...

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

Fairchild Corporation The Fairchild Corporation is the successor corporation of Fairchild Industries, Inc. In March 2009, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Banner Aerospace was one of the company's major subsidiaries. The last major Fairchild a ...

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

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 i ...

Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1957 as a division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument by the " traitorous eight" who defected from Shockley Semi ...

, 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 who founded over 70 companies, including F ...

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 Sussex (Help:IPA/E ...

, including list of persons with the 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. Notable members Among the notab ...

, 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 451 at the 2020 census. The village is located within the Town of Fairchild. History The Fairchild post office has been operating since 1870. The villag ...

, a village located within the town of Fairchild *

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

, 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 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 L ...

, 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 ...

, Washington state, USA *

Fairchild Mountain Fairchild Mountain is a Elevation, 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 (Absolute bearing, bearing 311°) of the ...

, Colorado, USA *

Fairchild Peak Mount Mackellar () is a massive mountain, high, standing at the head of Mackellar Glacier, south of Pagoda Peak in the Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica. Discovery and name Mount Mackellar was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, ...

, Antarctica * Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables *

Fairchilds, Texas Fairchilds is a village in Fort Bend County, Texas, Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Greater Houston, Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The population was 864 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

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 J ...

, 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 ...

(2007 videogame), a Japanese visual novel * The

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

, 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

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 ...