division . for the canadian division see fairchild aircraft ltd. for other uses see fairchild disambiguation . this article includes a list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . april 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message fairchild aviation former type aircraft manufacturer fate acquired by m7 aerospace founded 1925 ; 91 years ago 1925 founder sherman fairchild defunct 2003 ; 13 years ago 2003 headquarters san antonio texas u.s. subsidiaries fairchild aircraft ltd. ranger aircraft engine division fairchild engine division website www.elbitsystems us.com fairchild was an american aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in farmingdale new york ; hagerstown maryland ; and san antonio texas . contents 1 history 1.1 early aircraft 1.2 world war ii 1.3 postwar 2 aircraft 3 missiles 4 spacecraft 5 see also 6 references 6.1 citations 6.2 bibliography 7 external links history edit early aircraft edit the jamaica new york fairchild plant in 1941 . the western canada aviation museum s fairchild 71c the company was founded by sherman fairchild in 1924 as fairchild aviation corporation based in farmingdale and east farmingdale new york . it was established as the parent company for fairchild s many aviation interests . the company produced the first us aircraft to include a fully enclosed cockpit and hydraulic landing gear the fairchild fc 1 . at some point it was also known as the fairchild aircraft manufacturing company . the fairchild aircraft ltd. of longueuil quebec canada was an aircraft manufacturer during the period of 1920 to 1950 which served as a subsidiary of the fairchild company of the united states . the fairchild engine company was formed with the purchase of the caminez engine company in 1925 . 1 in 1929 sherman fairchild purchased a majority stock interest in kreider reisner aircraft company of hagerstown maryland . the company moved to hagerstown in 1931 . 2 a series of related designs beginning with the fairchild fc 1 and continuing to the fairchild 71 were designed for aerial photography as a result of dissatisfaction towards available aircraft which were incapable of flying steadily enough at a sufficient altitude . 3 in 1935 fairchild was hired by the us government to do aerial photograph surveys of the united states to track soil erosion and its effects . 4 their performance and carrying ability led to them becoming one of the most popular bushplanes of the era . a fairchild 71 monoplane the virginia was taken as one of three aircraft by richard e. byrd on his 1928 1929 expedition to the south pole . it was used for test flights and reconnaissance . world war ii edit fairchild 24 argus iii 1944 the commonwealth air training plan museum s fairchild cornell 314th troop carrier group c 119 flying boxcars during world war ii fairchild produced pt 19 pt 23 pt 26 cornell and at 21 gunner trainers c 82 packet transports and drones . 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 24 c 61 argus were produced for the military principally as the argus for the royal air force and continued production after the war for the civilian market . fairchild ranked 73rd among united states corporations in the value of world war ii military production contracts . 5 postwar edit a 10 thunderbolt ii the fairchild c 119 flying boxcar was a us military transport aircraft developed from the world war ii c 82 packet . the c 119 could carry cargo personnel stretcher 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 the royal canadian air force and others . many were converted into waterbombers after being retired from military service . in 1949 the hagerstown maryland fairchild engine and airplane corporation developed the chase xcg 20 glider into the c 123 provider transport which entered service in 1955 . in 1954 fairchild purchased the american helicopter company incorporating it and the xh 26 jet jeep as a division . 6 in 1956 the company acquired rights to the fokker friendship producing 206 of the aircraft as the fairchild f 27 and fairchild hiller fh 227 . during the 1950s fairchild was a large subcontractor to boeing for b 52 fuselage sections and wing panels . later they would build mcdonnell douglas f 4 phantom ii tail sections grumman f 14 tomcat tails and space shuttle stabilizers . their association with boeing would continue into the 1980s as they built wing control surfaces for 747s and 757s . in 1964 the company purchased hiller aircraft changing its name to fairchild hiller and producing the fh 1100 until 1973 when the helicopter division was sold back to stanley hiller . in 1965 the company acquired the republic aviation company . 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 which gained orders from the us military as the c 26 metroliner . in 1971 the company began developing the fairchild republic a 10 thunderbolt ii which prevailed over the rival northrop ya 9 in the a x competition for an eventual production run of 716 aircraft . the company developed the t 46 jet trainer to replace the elderly cessna t 37 tweet trainer but it was not accepted by the air force because of performance problems . aircraft production was ended in hagerstown maryland in 1984 . after the company s takeover of dornier s civil assets in 1996 the company was renamed fairchild dornier . the company commenced production of the dornier 328 in 1998 under license from dasa . in december 1999 fairchild aerospace corporation was acquired by german insurer allianz a.g. and the united states investment group clayton dubilier & rice inc. for 1.2 billion . 7 in 2003 the assets of fairchild were purchased by m7 aerospace and the new company was relocated to san antonio . on december 15 2010 m7 was purchased by the united states subsidiary of the israeli defense contractor elbit systems . 8 aircraft edit model name first flight built type fairchild dornier 728jet 1997 0 prototype commuter jet fairchild dornier 428jet 1990s 0 cancelled regional jet fairchild dornier 328jet 1991 110 commuter jet fairchild t 46 1985 3 trainer fairchild c 26 metroliner 1980s military transport fairchild republic a 10 thunderbolt ii 1972 716 close air support fairchild au 23 peacemaker 1971 15 counter insurgency aircraft fairchild swearingen metroliner 1968 600 turboprop airliner fairchild ac 119 1968 52 ground attack conversion of c 119 fairchild hiller fh 1100 1966 253 turbine helicopter fairchild swearingen merlin 1965 turboprop corporate fairchild 228 1968 2 regional jet airliner fairchild vz 5 1959 1 experimental vtol fairchild hiller f 27 fh 227 1958 78 turboprop commuter airliner fairchild xc 120 packplane 1950 1 military transport fairchild c 123 provider 1949 307 military transport fairchild xnq 1949 2 trainer fairchild c 119 flying boxcar 1947 1 183 military transport fairchild m 84 1945 1 four five place family aircraft fairchild c 82 packet 1944 223 military transport fairchild bq 3 1944 2 assault drone fairchild at 21 gunner 1943 175 trainer fairchild pt 19 1939 6397 trainer fairchild f 46 1937 1 cabin monoplane fairchild model 45 1935 17 cabin monoplane fairchild 91 1935 4 flying boat airliner fairchild 24 1932 2232 four passenger cabin monoplane fairchild 22 1931 127 two seat parasol monoplane fairchild 100 1930 27 nine passenger airliner fairchild kr 34 1928 73 two seat biplane fairchild 21 1927 2 two seat touring low wing monoplane fairchild 42 1927 8 three passenger cabin monoplane fairchild 71 1926 111 eight passenger cabin monoplane fairchild fc 2 1926 118 four passenger cabin monoplane fairchild fc 1 1926 1 four passenger cabin monoplane missiles edit aum n 2 petrel sam n 2 lark xsm 73 goose spacecraft edit international cometary explorer pegasus see also edit texas portal companies portal aviation portal fairchild industries fairchild corporation fairchild semiconductor fairchild camera and instrument ranger fairchild engines list of aircraft engines references edit citations edit donald m. pattillo . a history in the making 80 turbulent years in the american general aviation industry . p. 11 . kaske kristine l. fairchild industries inc. collection . national air and space archives 2003 . donald 1997 p. 382 . wide area is mapped from air by giant ten lens camera . popular mechanics october 1935 . editors have stated fairchild aircraft in hand written comment to left of archived article . peck merton j. & scherer frederic m. the weapons acquisition process an economic analysis 1962 harvard business school p. 619 flying jeep . popular mechanics september 1952 p. 44 . fairchild aerospace is sold for 1.2 billion . the new york times 29 december 1999 . retrieved 28 july 2011 . elbit systems u.s. subsidiary completes acquisition of m7 aerospace for 85 million . elbit systems . december 15 2010 . retrieved 12 march 2016 . bibliography edit donald david ed . the complete encyclopedia of world aircraft . new york barnes & noble books 1997 . isbn 0 7607 0592 5 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to fairchild aircraft . fairchild controls corporation company web site 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 v t e fairchild aircraft subsidiaries dornier flugzeugwerke amc 5 dornier museum friedrichshafen dornier viper faint object camera flugzeugbau friedrichshafen project 621 z ndapp janus fairchild aircraft ltd. hiller aircraft kreider reisner kreider reisner midget meyers midget ranger fairchild engines aum n 2 petrel republic aircraft products international cometary explorer sam n 2 lark xsm 73 goose people claude dornier sherman fairchild stanley hiller related elbit systems hiller aviation museum m7 aerospace united helicopters v t e fairchild corporation subsidiaries american satellite corporation fairchild aircraft fairchild camera and instrument fairchild industries fairchild stratos people sherman fairchild related fairchild semiconductor v t e elbit systems subsidiaries m7 aerospace fairchild aircraft products silver marlin people sherman fairchild michael federmann paul kollsman related elron electronic industries v t e aircraft produced by fairchild aircraft subsidiaries and successor companies manufacturer designations fb 3 fc 1 fc 2 kr 21 kr 31 kr 34 kr 125 kr 135 21 22 24 41 42 45 46 51 61 62 71 72 77 78 78 79 80 81 82 84 91 100 105 107 110 135 140 150 164 203 205 224 473 484 538 by role experimental vz 5 xc 120 xbq 3 xh 26 passenger transports fc 1 fc 2 21 22 24 41 42 45 46 51 71 72 81 82 91 92 100 135 140 150 228 pc 6 military trainers at 21 pt 19 pt 23 pt 26 xnq military transports au 23 c 26 c 82 c 119 c 123 fairchild canada 34 42 45 80 51 71 bolingbroke f 11 hampden sbf super 71 fairchild dornier do 228 328 328 jet fairchild hiller f 27 fh 227 fh 1100 fairchild republic a 10 t 46 fairchild swearingen merlin metroliner american helicopter xa 5 xa 6 xa 8 see also ranger fairchild aeroengines retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fairchild aircraft & oldid 743662922 categories companies based in san antoniodefunct aircraft manufacturers of the united stateswashington county marylandhagerstown 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