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The Ranger Engines Division (also Ranger Aircraft Engine Division) of the Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft engine company. It was known as the Fairchild Engine Division after World War II.


History

The Fairchild-Caminez Engine Corporation was founded in 1925 to produce Harold Caminez's 447 engine. In 1928, it constructed a factory in
Farmingdale, New York Farmingdale is an incorporated village on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. The population was 8,189 as of the 2010 Census. The Lenox Hills neighborhood is adjacent to Bethpage State Park and the rest of the ...
. The American Airplane & Engine Corporation was founded by the
Aviation Corporation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes airplane, fixed-wing and helicopter, rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as aerostat, lighter- ...
in 1931 to continue manufacturing of Ranger engines.


Products


See also

* List of aircraft engines


References


Notes


Bibliography

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External links


Fairchild (Ranger) – Aircraft Engine Historical Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ranger Fairchild Engines Manufacturing companies established in 1888 Companies based in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Defunct aircraft engine manufacturers of the United States 1888 establishments in Pennsylvania