Background
Alan Muntz was the son of Major Irving Muntz and Jessie Challoner.
Alan Muntz was the son of Major Irving Muntz and Jessie Challoner.
He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge, gaining a Bachelor in Mechanical Sciences.
In 1918, during World War I, he served in France as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 432nd Field Company, Royal Engineers. In 1927, he learned to fly in an Avro 548 of the Henderson School of Flying at Brooklands aerodrome. In 1928, Muntz co-founded Airwork Limited with Nigel Norman.
In 1929, the company opened Heston Aerodrome that was active in private, commercial and military aviation until its closure in 1947.
In the same period, architect Graham Dawbarn joined the pair to form an airport consultancy firm called Norman, Muntz & Dawbarn In 1932, he co-founded Misr Airwork Society of Automotive Engineers, with Talaat Harb Pasha, Banque Misr, Cairo. In 1933, he helped R.E. Grant Govan to found Indian National Airways Limited.
In 1937, he founded Alan Muntz & Company Limited to develop the Pescara free-piston engine system and other inventions.
During World World War II, Alan Muntz & Company was involved in many projects, including Turbinlite.
Alan Muntz & Company, and its aircraft consultant L.E. Baynes, was responsible for the design and development of the Youngman-Baynes High Lift aircraft that first flew in 1948.