Franklin Engine Company

Franklin Engine Company

The Franklin Engine Company was a manufacturer of aircraft engines. The company was formed as Air Cooled Motors in 1937 when a group of ex-employees of the bankrupt H. H. Franklin Co. purchased the assets of the company. Engines continued to be marketed under the Franklin name.

Air Cooled Motors was purchased by Republic in 1945 to produce engines for its Seabee light amphibious aircraft. In turn, it was purchased by Tucker Industries to produce an engine for the infamous Tucker Torpedo car in 1948.

In 1961, with the Tucker Corporation no more, Aero Industries purchased Air Cooled Motors and renamed it the Franklin Engine Co.

In 1975, the Government of Poland purchased the company and relocated production to Rzeszów, originally under the name PZL-Franklin, and later simply PZL-F.

References

* Gunston, Bill. (1986). "World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines". Patrick Stephens, Wellingborough. p. 57


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