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  Allison
The Allison Engine Company was an American aircraft engine manufacturer. Shortly after the death of James Allison in 1929 the company was purchased by the Fisher brothers. Fisher sold the company to General Motors, which owned it for most of its history.

Continental
Continental Aerospace Technologies is an aircraft engine manufacturer originally spun off from automobile engine manufacturer Continental Motors Company in 1929.

Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-Wright designed and built aircraft for military, commercial, and private markets. During World War II, Curtiss-Wright produced 142,840 aircraft engines, 146,468 electric propellers and 29,269 airplanes.

Packard
The Packard Motor Car Company licensed built the Rolls-Royce Merlin in order to expand production for British use. The company later built the V-1650 for use in various American built aircraft.

Lycoming
Lycoming Engines is a major American manufacturer of aircraft engines.

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Ranger
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.
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