Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation

LC control no.	nr 93015315
Corporate name heading	Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
See also	Fairchild Stratos Corporation *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Its Annual report for the year ended Dec. 31, ... 1960: t.p. (Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation) Fairchild Stratos Corporation. Annual report, 1961: t.p. (Fairchild Stratos Corporation); p. 2 ("As approved at last year's Annual Meeting, the name of Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation was officially changed to Fairchild Stratos Corporation on May 15, 1961") Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives WWW site, Nov. 26, 2018: Fairchild Industries, Inc. Collection, 1919-1980 (In 1924 founded by Sherman Fairchild as Fairchild Aviation Corp. [no publs. in LC/NLM databases]; in 1930 sold to Aviation Corp (AVCO); in 1931 AVCO combine the aircraft company (Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Co.[no publs. in LC/NLM databases]) with the Fairchild Engine Co. [no publs. in LC/NLM databases] forming American Airplane and Engine Co. [no puls. in LC/NLM databases]; in 1931 Sherman Fairchild repurchased Fairchild Aviation Corp, but did not repurchase all of the subsidiaries; Fairchild Aviation Corp. bought American Airplane and Engine [no publs. in LC/NLM databases] in 1934, renaming it the Fairchild Aircraft Manufacturing and Engine Co. [no publs. in LC/NLM databases]; in 1936 Fairchild Aircraft Manufacturing and Engine Co. became Fairchild Engine and Airplance Co. [no publs. in LC/NLM databaes]; in 1950 name changed to Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp; in 1961 rename Fairchild Stratos [no publs. in NLM database] ; with the purchase in 1964 of Hiller Aircraft Corp. [no publs. in LC/NLM database], Fairchild Stratos was renamed Fairchild Hiller Corp. [no publs. in NLM database], then again renamed Fairchild Industries [no publs. in LC/NLM database] in 1973)