The Ranger was an inverted inline-six cylinder aircraft engine built by Fairchild Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. Rangers powered the Fairchild PT-19 trainer, the Fairchild PT-26 trainer, the Fairchild F-24 (Fairchild 24), and the Grumman G-44 Widgeon amphibious flying boat. Ranger engines are light and rugged, and 15,090 were built during World War II. The inverted design with the crank shaft on top allowed the propeller to be high off the ground. Inlined cylinders allow the engine to be narrow and have less air drag. Early versions of the Ranger were 145 hp, then 175 hp, and increased to 200 hp at the end of World War II. After WWII, surplus rangers were used for dirt track racing cars and drag racers in the 1950s. The engine had seven main bearings and a few magnesium parts, both unusual in an engine this small. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For other uses, see Fairchild (disambiguation). ... Fairchild PT-19 Fairchild PT-19 Cornell The Fairchild PT-19 was a monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served with the USAAC, RAF and RCAF during World War II. It was a contemporary of the Kaydet biplane trainer. ... The Fairchild PT-19 was a monoplane primary trainer aircraft that served with the USAAC, RAF and RCAF during World War II. It was a contemporary of the Kaydet biplane trainer. ... The Fairchild C-61, a single-engine monoplane aircraft, was a US Army Air Corps adaption of the four place Fairchild Model 24 used as a light transport aircraft. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Dirt track racing is a type of auto racing performed on oval tracks. ...

A twelve cylinder V-12 version was built, but the effort almost bankrupted the Fairchild company. 1944 Fairchild Argus III Fairchild was an aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York, Hagerstown, Maryland and San Antonio, Texas. ...