The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-25

Brazil will build American aircraft
engines under terms of a contract
signed today by representatives Of
the Brazilian government and rep
resentatives of the Ranger Engine
Division Of the Fairchild Engine and
Airplane Corporation of New York
City.
Negotiations which have been car
ried on for several months between
the corporation and Brig. General
Antonio Guedes Muniz, famed
Brazilian aircraft designer and di-
rector general of the Brazilian gov
eminent aircraft engine factory
and other prominent Brazilian air
officials, were completed during the
recent visit to the United States
Of Air Minister Joachim Pedro Sal
gado, Filho.
Under the agreement cylinder
Ranger inverted in-lire air-cooled
engines varying in power from ITS
to 200 horsepower will be manufac-
tured by Fabrica Nacional de Mo-
tors. the recently completed gov
eminent engine manufacturing fac
tory, one of the first and largest
units in Brazil's noteworthy program
of industrial expansion. These en-
gines will be used to power the
Fairchild M-62 GU. S. Army Air
Forces designation-PT-19) now
built in Brazil under contract ne
gotiated last year, the Brazilian
Muniz Mo biplanes, and the two
engined Grammar Widgeons now in
service in Brazilian coastal patrol
and Amazon military patrol and mail
delivery.
Harold H. Budds, vice president
of Fairchild and general manager
of Fairchild's engine division, repre-
scented the corporation att he sigma
tory meeting in the Brazilian en-
bassy at Washington; Major Miguel
Lampert, chief of the Brazilian aero
nautical commission to the United
States and assistant air attache,
signed for Brazil before notable
group of Brazilian officials headed
by Dr. Carlos Martins Pereira e
Souza, ambassador to the United
States. Present also were Colonel
Armando Ararigboia, air attache at
the Brazilian embassy, Colonel
Casco Alves Seco, chief of the joint
Brazilian United States defense COM
mission and Alexis R. Stocker, di-
rector of foreign relations for Fair
child.
Completion of arrangements last
year fer the construction of Fair
child M-62 primary trainers at the
Galeao Aircraft factory situated
on an island in the bay of Rio de
Janeiro has resulted in the stand
ardization of this type of plane for
the primary training activities of
the Brazilian Air Force. Hundreds
OF Fairchilds assembled there or
flown from the United States to
Rio in one of the largest mass flight
deliveries of small aircraft between
North and South America are now
seeing service in Brazil's greatly
expanded Air Force. Those planes,
powered by Ranger engines, are
used for the elementary training
of new Brazilian pilots, many of
whom later will come to the United
States for advanced training and
specialized instruction under ar
flee OF the Coordinator of Inter-
American Affairs and the U. S.
Army Air Forces.
Under terms of the new engine
agreement, Fairchild will provide
complete drawings and manufacture
ing data of engines, jigs, tools and
fixtures. 1t will provide complete
working drawings of assembly. 1t
will throw open the facilities OF
the Ranger plants at Farmingdale
and Jamaica, L. l., for the lnstruc-
ton of engineers and mechanics
designated by the Air Ministry. In
addition, it will provide knocked
down and semi-knocked down en-
gines to enable Fabrica Nacional dS
Motores to break in skilled work
men in Brazil in the assembly and
manufacture of parts OF Ranger
engines. Fairchild will also keep
the Brazilian engine factory in
formed of all improvements in this
engine.
The engines to be built in Brazil
ere now used in this and many other
countries to power tr,ining and
combat aircraft for the Air Forces
and the Coast Guard. In addi-
ton they are seeing extensive serv-
ice in the activities of the U. S.
Civil Air Patrol.
"Fairchild is again privileged to
extend and solidify the splendid
relationship which has always ex-
listed between these two great Ameri-
can republics" said j. Carlton Ward,
Jr., Fairchild president. THE Air
Forces of Brazil and the Air Forces
of the United States have already
demonstrated the type of coopera-