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Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild Channel F, originally the Video Entertainment System (VES): 1976 home console by Fairchild Semiconductor, first with ROM cartridges (Videocarts) and a microprocessor (F8 at 1.79 MHz), engineered under Jerry Lawson; about 350,000 sold.
Fairchild Dornier 328JET
The Fairchild Dornier 328JET is a 33-passenger twin-turbofan regional jet built by Fairchild-Dornier in Germany as the jet-powered version of the Dornier 328 turboprop, entering service in 1999.
Fairchild PT-19
The Fairchild PT-19, company designation M-62 and nicknamed Cornell, is an American low-wing monoplane trainer flown in quantity by the US Army Air Forces during World War II.
Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II
The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, commonly called the A-10 Warthog, is a single-seat American attack aircraft built for close air support of ground troops.
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor, founded in 1957 by eight engineers who left William Shockley's lab, pioneered the planar process and the integrated circuit, becoming the founding company of Silicon Valley.
Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, originally the Swearingen Metro and later the Fairchild Aerospace Metro, is a 19-seat pressurized twin-turboprop airliner built by Swearingen and Fairchild in San Antonio, Texas, first flown in 1969.
FAIRE-seq
FAIRE-seq is a genomics method that maps open chromatin across the genome by combining formaldehyde crosslinking, sonication, and phenol-chloroform extraction with high-throughput sequencing, typically recovering 1–3% of the human genome.
Fairey Barracuda
The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo and dive bomber operated by the Fleet Air Arm in the second half of the Second World War, with over 2,600 built.
Fairey Battle
The Fairey Battle was a British single-engine light bomber built by Fairey Aviation, the first RAF type powered by the Rolls-Royce Merlin, entering service in 1937.
Fairey Firefly
The Fairey Firefly was a two-seat, carrier-borne fighter and anti-submarine aircraft built by Fairey for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, serving from 1943 into the mid-1950s in fighter, reconnaissance, strike, and anti-submarine roles.
Fairey Fulmar
The Fairey Fulmar was a two-seat carrier-based fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the British Fleet Air Arm, serving through the first half of the Second World War.
Fairey Gannet
The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne anti-submarine and airborne early warning aircraft built by Fairey Aviation for the Royal Navy, powered by a twin turboprop driving contra-rotating propellers, serving from the mid-1950s until 1978.
Fairey Jet Gyrodyne
The Fairey Jet Gyrodyne was a British experimental compound rotorcraft built by Fairey Aviation to test tip-jet rotor drive, completing the first practical in-flight transition in 1955.
Fairey Rotodyne
The Fairey Rotodyne, also called the Westland Rotodyne, was a British compound gyroplane of the late 1950s, built by Fairey Aviation as a vertical take-off airliner.
Fairey Swordfish
The Fairey Swordfish, known as the Stringbag, was a British three-seat biplane torpedo bomber that served the Fleet Air Arm from 1936 through World War II.
Fairfax
Fairfax is a Prime Video adult animated comedy (2021-2022) by Matt Hausfater, Aaron Buchsbaum, and Teddy Riley about four middle schoolers chasing clout on L.A.'s Fairfax Avenue; two seasons, 16 episodes, TV-MA, 84% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is the public school division of Fairfax County, Virginia. Founded in 1870, it is the ninth largest school division in the United States.
Fairfax County, Virginia
Fairfax County, Virginia: Northern Virginia county formed in 1742, named for Lord Fairfax. Urban county executive government, 1.17 million residents, median household income $153,637, seat at Fairfax, distinct from Fairfax City.
Fairfax District, Los Angeles
Fairfax District, Los Angeles: central LA neighborhood along Fairfax Avenue, home of the Original Farmers Market (1934), CBS Television City, a historic Jewish community, and a noted streetwear retail corridor.
Fairfax Financial
Fairfax Financial Holdings is a Toronto-based holding company whose subsidiaries sell property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, led by Prem Watsa and often called Canada's answer to Berkshire Hathaway.
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media Limited, Australian media company behind the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and Australian Financial Review; founded 1841 by John Fairfax, adopted a digital-first strategy in 2012, and merged into Nine Entertainment in December 2018.
Fairfax, Virginia
Fairfax, Virginia: an independent city of about 26,800 in Northern Virginia, founded 1805 as the Town of Providence, a town from 1874, and an independent city since 1961, distinct from surrounding Fairfax County.
Fairfield County
Fairfield County is the name of counties in Connecticut, Ohio, and South Carolina, the most populous being Connecticut's wealthy southwestern corner near New York City.
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County, Connecticut: one of eight counties, established 1666, county government abolished 1960; 23 towns, 957,419 people (2020), largest and highest-income Connecticut county.
Fairfield County, Ohio, United States
Fairfield County, Ohio, county seat Lancaster (founded by Ebenezer Zane, 1800); proclaimed by Governor St. Clair December 9, 1800; 158,921 residents in 2020, growing Columbus metro county.
Fairfield Grammar School
Fairfield Grammar School, Bristol: opened 1898 as a Higher Grade School in Montpelier, later a municipal secondary and grammar school, comprehensive in 2000, now Fairfield High School off Muller Road; pupils included Cary Grant.
Fairfield University
Fairfield University is a private Jesuit and Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut, founded by the Society of Jesus in 1942 and offering more than 100 programs of study to over 5,000 students.
Fairfield, California
Fairfield, California: Solano County seat along I-80 between San Francisco and Sacramento. Population about 122,500 (2025 est.), home to Travis Air Force Base, the Jelly Belly factory, and Suisun Valley wine country.
Fairfield, Connecticut
Fairfield, Connecticut: coastal Fairfield County town settled 1639 by Roger Ludlow, burned by the British in 1779, now a suburb of ~62,000-66,000 with two universities, Metro-North rail, and a 2020s fill-pile contamination scandal.
Fairfield, New South Wales, Australia
Fairfield, NSW: a city and local government area in south-western Sydney, 32 km from the CBD; 208,475 people (2021), 56% born overseas, most disadvantaged LGA in NSW, major refugee settlement city.