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. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1937: Events March March 5 - Imperial Airways opens a new flying boat base at Hythe, Hampshire. ... The H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company was a maker of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York. ...

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. The Republic Aviation Company was an American aircraft manufacturer. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1945: // Events January January 1 - the Luftwaffe begins targeting Allied airfields in Europe as Operation Bodenplatte February February 13-15 - Allied bombers attack Dresden with incendiary weapons, destroying most of the city and killing some 50,000 people. ... Preston Thomas Tucker Preston Thomas Tucker (September 21, 1903 – December 26, 1956) was an American automobile designer and entrepreneur. ... 1948 Tucker Torpedo cars on display at the Gilmore Car Museum A Tucker Torpedo at the Blackhawk Auto Museum Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tucker vehicles See also Preston Tucker The Tucker Torpedo was an advanced automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly produced in Chicago, Illinois in 1948. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1948: Events January January 17 - BOAC begins to replace flying boat routes with the Lockheed Constellation March the Israeli Air Force is formed, with the new state of Israel March 10 - VF-5 becomes the first US Navy carrier squadron to...

In 1961, with the Tucker Corporation no more, Aero Industries purchased Air Cooled Motors and renamed it the Franklin Engine Co. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1961: Events February February 3 - Operation Looking Glass commences, meaning that the US Air Force Strategic Air Command would have a permanent, airborne command post. ...

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. This is a list of aviation-related events from 1975: Events January A specially modified McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle sets eight time to climb records, including one of 3 minutes 27 seconds from standstill on the runway to a height of 30,000 metres (98,425 feet). ... Poland is a republican representative democracy under a parliamentary system. ... Rzeszów ( ) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 164,000 (2005), granted a town charter in 1354, the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously of Rzeszów Voivodeship (1945-1998). ...

References

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