1970 A Genealogy of Aircraft Produced by Fairchild Hiller Corporation and Predecessor Companies, 1920–1970: 40,000 Aircraft
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This striking mid-century aviation chart was issued by Fairchild Hiller Corporation around 1970 to commemorate fifty years of aircraft design and production by Fairchild and its associated firms.
Designed in the clean, diagrammatic style of late-1960s corporate infographics, the chart presents an illustrated lineage of aircraft from Fairchild’s earliest biplanes of the 1920s through its advanced military transports and helicopters of the jet age. Each vertical band represents a five-year period, with dozens of meticulously drawn aircraft—civil, commercial, and military—arranged chronologically to demonstrate technological evolution and diversification.
The timeline begins with Fairchild’s early FC and KR series, progressing through World War II training aircraft like the PT-19 and AT-21, and onward to postwar transport planes such as the C-82 Packet, C-119 Flying Boxcar, and C-123 Provider. It concludes with Cold War and Vietnam-era developments including the F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, and rotary-wing designs such as the UH-19 and UH-22. Together they chart the transformation of Fairchild from a pioneering mail-plane manufacturer into a global aerospace contractor.
Printed on glossy heavy stock in vivid color, the chart not only served as a technical reference but also as a corporate promotional piece celebrating the firm’s industrial heritage. It was likely distributed internally within Fairchild and to aviation museums, military procurement offices, and industry partners at the close of the 1960s. Today, it stands as a visually engaging artifact of the postwar aerospace boom, illustrating half a century of aeronautical progress through the lens of one of America’s defining aviation companies.
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