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Continental Motors was founded in 1905 and introduced its first aircraft engine, the Type “O,” one year later. In 1929, the company began production of radial engines for general aviation.
MOBILE, Ala. -- Mobile-based Teledyne Continental Motors is recalling and replacing an engine part in several hundred airplane engines after the part began to wear out much more rapidly than normal.
AVIC International, the Chinese holding company that owns Continental Motors, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Germany’s bankrupt Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH, and formed a ...
Continental has reduced the price of its factory-new or factory-rebuilt engines by 10 percent. Unlike a major overhaul done on your existing engine when unexpected problems can be found after work ...
“Continental has identified a potential safety of flight issue for aircraft equipped with Continental 360, 470, 520, 550 series engines and replacement crankshaft assemblies,” the enginemaker ...
The most successful of these specialized engine builders was Continental Motor Corp. of Muskegon, Michigan, producer of the Continental "Red Seal" engine named for the distinctive red badge on the ...
Crews and equipment from Adamo Demolition Co. this week have been tearing down portions of the 110-year-old Continental Motors Co. plant at 1610 Algonquin St. The owner of the property is a ...