Fairchild

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The Fairchild Aerial Camera Corporation, founded in 1925 by the inventor and entrepreneur Sherman Mills Fairchild (April 7, 1896 - March 28, 1971)[1] was the manufacturer of a range of aerial cameras.

Cameras produced by Fairchild:

  • F-1
  • F-8 aerial camera for oblique photos, manufactured by Fairchild (fitted with a Schneider Xenar 240mm/f8) and under licence by Keystone (fitted with a Wollensak 375mm /5.6
  • F-17
  • F-56 fitted with a f8 40"
  • K-6
  • K-20 aerial camera for oblique photos, designed by Fairchild and manufactured under licence by Graflex
  • K-25 aerial camera for oblique photos, designed by Fairchild and manufactured under licence by Graflex
  • [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Fairchild%7CWikipedia entry on Sherman Mills Fairchild