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71 relations: Allies of World War II, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, Apollo 17, Apollo program, Arizona, Avco, California State University, Northridge, Canada, Charles Lindbergh, Chevy Chase, Maryland, Columbia College, Columbia University, Columbia University, Duramold, Fairchild 660, Fairchild AC-119, Fairchild Aircraft, Fairchild Aircraft Ltd., Fairchild AT-21 Gunner, Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, Fairchild C-123 Provider, Fairchild C-82 Packet, Fairchild Camera and Instrument, Fairchild FC-2, Fairchild Hiller FH-1100, Fairchild Mansion, Fairchild PT-19, Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, Fairchild Semiconductor, Fairchild T-46, Farmingdale, New York, Fokker D.VII, Fokker F27 Friendship, George Winthrop Fairchild, Great Depression, Gulf War, Hagerstown, Maryland, Harvard University, Havana, IBM, Key West, Kreider-Reisner, List of Sherman Fairchild companies, Manhattan, Mount Sinai West, NASA, Newark, New Jersey, Oneonta, New York, ... Expand index (21 more) »
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Allies of World War II

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.

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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.

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Apollo 15

Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to land on the Moon.

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Apollo 16

Apollo 16 (April 1627, 1972) was the tenth crewed mission in the United States Apollo space program, administered by NASA, and the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon.

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Apollo 17

Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit.

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The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in preparing and landing the first men on the Moon from 1968 to 1972.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Avco

Avco Corporation is a subsidiary of Textron, which operates Textron Systems Corporation and Lycoming.

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California State University, Northridge

California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge), is a public university in the Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Charles Lindbergh

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator and military officer. Sherman Fairchild and Charles Lindbergh are National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees.

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Chevy Chase, Maryland

Chevy Chase is the colloquial name of an area that includes a town, several incorporated villages, and an unincorporated census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland; and one adjoining neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. Most of these derive from a late-19th-century effort to create a new suburb that its developer dubbed Chevy Chase after a colonial land patent.

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Columbia College, Columbia University

Columbia College is the oldest undergraduate college of Columbia University, a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Columbia University

Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.

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Duramold

Duramold is a composite material process developed by Virginius E. Clark.

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Fairchild 660

The Fairchild 660 is a tube-based single-channel audio compressor invented by Rein Narma and manufactured by the Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation beginning in 1959.

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Fairchild AC-119

The Fairchild AC-119G Shadow and AC-119K Stinger were twin-engine piston-powered gunships developed by the United States during the Vietnam War.

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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.

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Fairchild Aircraft Ltd.

Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. was an aircraft manufacturer active at Longueuil, Quebec, Canada in the period 1920–50.

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Fairchild AT-21 Gunner

The Fairchild AT-21 was an American World War II specialized bomber crew trainer, intended to train crews in the use of power gun turrets or a gun on a flexible mount, as well as learn to function as a member of a crew.

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Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute.

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Fairchild C-123 Provider

The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

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Fairchild C-82 Packet

The C-82 Packet is a twin-engine, twin-boom cargo aircraft designed and built by Fairchild Aircraft.

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Fairchild Camera and Instrument

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation was a company founded by Sherman Fairchild.

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Fairchild FC-2

The Fairchild FC-1 and its derivatives were a family of light, single-engine, high-wing utility monoplanes produced in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Fairchild Hiller FH-1100

The Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 is a single-engine turbine, single two-bladed rotor, light helicopter that was designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Fairchild Hiller in the 1960s.

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Fairchild Mansion

Fairchild Mansion is a historic home located at Oneonta in Otsego County, New York.

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Fairchild PT-19

The Fairchild PT-19 (company designation Fairchild M62) is an American monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served with the United States Army Air Forces, RAF and RCAF during World War II.

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Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation

Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation was an American manufacturer of professional audio equipment located in Whitestone, New York.

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Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II is a single-seat, twin-turbofan, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft developed by Fairchild Republic for the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Fairchild Semiconductor

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. was an American semiconductor company based in San Jose, California.

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Fairchild T-46

The Fairchild T-46 was an American light jet trainer aircraft of the 1980s.

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Farmingdale, New York

Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States.

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Fokker D.VII

The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke.

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Fokker F27 Friendship

The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.

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George Winthrop Fairchild

George Winthrop Fairchild (May 6, 1854 – December 31, 1924), was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York. Sherman Fairchild and George Winthrop Fairchild are American manufacturing businesspeople.

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Great Depression

The Great Depression (19291939) was a severe global economic downturn that affected many countries across the world.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Hagerstown, Maryland

Hagerstown is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Havana

Havana (La Habana) is the capital and largest city of Cuba.

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IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.

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Key West

Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida.

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Kreider-Reisner

The Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company was an American flying service and aircraft manufacturer from 1923 to 1929.

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List of Sherman Fairchild companies

Sherman Mills Fairchild was an American businessman and inventor in the middle of the 20th century.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Mount Sinai West

Mount Sinai West, opened in 1871 as Roosevelt Hospital, is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Health System.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.

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Oneonta, New York

Oneonta is a city in southern Otsego County, New York, United States.

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Republic Aviation

The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island.

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Sherman Fairchild

Sherman Mills Fairchild (April 7, 1896 – March 28, 1971) was an American businessman and investor who founded over 70 companies, including Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild Industries, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Sherman Fairchild and Sherman Fairchild are American aerospace businesspeople, American aerospace designers, American aerospace engineers, American aviation businesspeople, American financiers, American investors, American manufacturing businesspeople, American technology chief executives, American technology company founders, aviation inventors, Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society, National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees, Philanthropists from New York (state), Silicon Valley people and university of Arizona alumni.

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