Frakes Aviation

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Frakes Aviation was founded by J. Fred Frakes in the late 1960s, and was located in Cleburne, Texas. The company's main activity was converting piston-engine airplanes to turbine power. The company continued into the mid 1980s, converting various airplanes.

Frakes' most significant projects were the re-engining of two Grumman products, the Ag-Cat and the Mallard, in both cases replacing the original radial piston engines with the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A.

The company also converted a number of Aerospatiale Nord 262 airplanes for Mohawk Airways in the late 1970s. After long usage by Mohawk Airways at least two of these airplanes were exported to Australia where they were used for a short time before being retired.

[edit] References

• Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 122. 

[edit] External links

• Company website

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