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
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List of aircraft engines
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
Fairchild (Ranger) – Aircraft Engine Historical Society
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Manufacturing companies established in 1888
Companies based in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Defunct aircraft engine manufacturers of the United States
1888 establishments in Pennsylvania