workhorse and many felt it was ugly. It was used in 1991 at the start of Operation Desert Storm during the first ground battle. The planes took more responsibilities during the war, as they were strongly built and able to withstand considerable battle damage. After sixty years, the entire aircraft program was shut down in 1987 after the failure of the T-46A program. Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation In 1931 Fairchild started the Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation in Whitestone, New York, to augment his interests in photography and projection of images. Fairchild Recording Equipment Corporation's most notable products were the Fairchild 660 mono and 670 stereo dynamic range compressors. Death Fairchild died on March 28, 1971, at Roosevelt Hospital in New York after a long illness. He was buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York. He is buried within walking distance of the home he grew up in, now the Oneonta Masonic Lodge. He left bequests to more than 50 relatives, friends and former employees. Most of the $200+ million estate went to two charitable foundations he formed during his lifetime, the Fairchild Foundation and the Sherman Fairchild Foundation. The assets of the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, have grown to over $500 million. Specific bequests to organizations were $300,000 to Roosevelt Hospital, $200,000 to the Salvation Army, and $100,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in memory of his aunt May Fairchild. The foundation also donated $6.5 million to Columbia University, Fairchild's alma mater, to found a new life sciences building. As a result of his lifetime achievements, he was awarded fellowships in the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and in the Royal Aeronautical Society, as well as accolades by the Smithsonian Institution. In 1979, Fairchild was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. See also List of Sherman Fairchild companies Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. Fairchild Semiconductor Fairchild Camera and Instrument Traitorous eight Silicon Valley References Notes Bibliography ASIN: B0006P19WA External links Cities From the Sky Biography from Whittier College Detailed biography of airplane accomplishments 1896 births 1971 deaths American aerospace businesspeople American aerospace designers American aerospace engineers American aviation businesspeople American financiers American investors American manufacturing businesspeople Philanthropists from New York (state) American technology chief executives American technology company founders Aviation inventors Businesspeople from New York City Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees