>first there was no one named Fairchild, then there was no Fairchild company, then there was no father named Forbes...
There most definitely is at least one David P. Fairchild.
Use www.zabasearch.com and select 'all states.' One of them
lives in CT, which is within driving distance of NYC.
(But I'm not saying that I know it's the president of FH&AF.)
There is also a Forbes L. Fairchild in FL (a state where
people go to retire). However, I'm not sure if the
'date of birth' given matches what I remember was
given for his age (81?) -- but the D.O.B info could be
wrong. Did anyone save the first 'letter from the President'?
So far, however, I haven't seen or found corroborating
evidence of FH&AF being a state-registered company -
but Midas's field trip suggests that they've been around
for at least a year.