Sherman Fairchild matriculated at Harvard University in 1915 where, in his freshman year, he invented the flash camera. He also contracted tuberculosis. Under the advice of his physician, he moved to Arizona to recover in the drier climate and transferred his enrollment to the University of Arizona. There he learned about aerial photography. He would later transfer to Columbia University. To assist the military in World War I, he developed a new shutter mechanism for aerial cameras, … Wikipedia
Sherman Fairchild was born in 1896 in Oneonta, New York. His father was Republican Congressman George Winthrop Fairchild, one of the founders of International Business Machines (IBM), and the company's first president. Sherman began attending Harvard Un web.whittier.edu/fairchild/home.html
Sherman Mills Fairchild's outstanding contributions to aviation begin during World War I when he develops an improved aerial camera on his own. www.bcwarbirds.com/sherman_fairchild_bio.htm
Aircraft of composite materials began to appear in the late 1930s with plastic-impregnated wood materials or Duramold including the Spruce Goose. inventors.about.com/od/dstartinventions/a/spruce_goose.ht...
The origins of the Fairchild Controls Corporation date to the early days of the well-known Fairchild Aviation company. www.fairchild-controls.com/history.html
