Sherman Fairchild
American businessman (1896-1971) · United States · On the map · Investors · Died at 74
Sherman Mills Fairchild was an American businessman and investor who founded over 70 companies, including Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild Industries, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Fairchild made significant contributions to the aviation industry and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1979.
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Main Street Oneonta, New York 1909
Aerial Age Nov. 7 1921, magazine cover with aerial photo of Columbia University shot by W. L. Hamilton for Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp.
Fairchild F-1 Aerial Camera
Famous view of the Woolworth Building in 1928, Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc.
New York City 1932 Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc.
The Fairchild Lunar Mapping Camera
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His Semiconductor Division of Fairchild Camera played a defining role in Silicon Valley. He held over 30 patents for products ranging from the silicon semiconductor to the 8-mm home sound motion-picture camera. Fairchild was responsible for inventing the first synchronized camera shutter and flash as well as developing technologies for aerial cameras that were later used on the Apollo Missions.
