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[Mitchell Holman[_5_]]

[Jim Hawkins]

Never heard of this engine. Haven't found a single reference to it on the
web so far.
Did it ever see the light of day ? Does anyone know its
specs/performance/history ?

Jim Hawkins

[Robert[_4_]]

On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:31:54 -0000, "Jim Hawkins" >
wrote:

>Never heard of this engine. Haven't found a single reference to it on the
>web so far.
>Did it ever see the light of day ? Does anyone know its
>specs/performance/history ?
>
>Jim Hawkins
>
>


Try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger/Fairchild_Engines

[John Szalay[_2_]]

"Jim Hawkins" > wrote in
:

> Never heard of this engine. Haven't found a single reference to it on
> the web so far.
> Did it ever see the light of day ? Does anyone know its
> specs/performance/history ?
>
> Jim Hawkins
>
>
>

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=853

[Jim Hawkins]

John Szalay wrote:
> "Jim Hawkins" > wrote in
> :
>
>> Never heard of this engine. Haven't found a single reference to it
>> on the web so far.
>> Did it ever see the light of day ? Does anyone know its
>> specs/performance/history ?
>>
>> Jim Hawkins
>>
>>
>>
>
> http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=853

Yes, I'd found this (and the link Robert mentions) but neither of them refer
specifically to a 'Panther' engine.

Jim Hawkins

[John Szalay[_2_]]

"Jim Hawkins" > wrote in
:

> John Szalay wrote:
>> "Jim Hawkins" > wrote in
>> :
>>
>>> Never heard of this engine. Haven't found a single reference to it
>>> on the web so far.
>>> Did it ever see the light of day ? Does anyone know its
>>> specs/performance/history ?
>>>
>>> Jim Hawkins
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=853
>
> Yes, I'd found this (and the link Robert mentions) but neither of them
> refer specifically to a 'Panther' engine.
>
> Jim Hawkins
>
>
>

Carefully Reading the ad,
I don,t beleive there was ever a Fairchild engine called the Panther,

it appears that the copywriter is comparing the purr of the panther to
the Ranger engine's purr.

[arjay]

"John Szalay" <john.szalayATatt.net> wrote in message
42...
> "Jim Hawkins" > wrote in
> :
>> John Szalay wrote:
>>> "Jim Hawkins" > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> Never heard of this engine. Haven't found a single reference to it
>>>> on the web so far.
>>>> Did it ever see the light of day ? Does anyone know its
>>>> specs/performance/history ?
>>>>
>>>> Jim Hawkins
>>>
>>> http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=853
>>
>> Yes, I'd found this (and the link Robert mentions) but neither of them
>> refer specifically to a 'Panther' engine.
>>
>> Jim Hawkins
>>
>
> Carefully Reading the ad,
> I don,t beleive there was ever a Fairchild engine called the Panther,
>
> it appears that the copywriter is comparing the purr of the panther to
> the Ranger engine's purr.

Yes. The spelling of the two words -- "Ranger" and "panther," as they
appear in the copy -- indicates that the first word is a proper name
denoting 'the only in-line, inverted , air-cooled engine in production in
America' while the second word is merely a noun used in an extended
metaphor, the name of an animal which shares many of the engine's
characteristics.