found: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)
