Alan Muntz and Co
From Graces Guide
1937 Alan Muntz set up the company to develop the Pescara free piston engine[1]
1941 Leslie Everett Baynes organised an aircraft division of the company. He made a proposal for a detachable wing with a 100-foot wingspan which, when attached to a tank, would turn it into a glider. This concept was developed as far as the famous Baynes Bat prototype, with most of the test flights being piloted by Flight Lieutenant Robert Kronfeld.
1956 Associated British Engineering concluded agreement with Alan Muntz and Co to develop Pescara free-piston engine of under 6 inch diameter suitable for automobile use [2].
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