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Curtiss-Wright employed 180,000 workers, and ranked second among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts, behind only General Motors. [9] [10] The main building of the Curtiss-Wright company at Caldwell, New Jersey, 1941. Curtiss-Wright: Biggest Aviation Company Expands Its Empire. This is an overall perspective ...
The Curtiss-Wright AT-9 "Jeep" bomber-pilot trainer at the National Museum of the USAF. 41-12150 – AT-9 on static display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio . It required extensive restoration, and was the product of the museum staff incorporating two incomplete airframes together, along with parts ...
The Curtiss-Wright CW-22 is a 1940s American general-purpose advanced training monoplane aircraft built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was operated by the United States Navy as a scout trainer with the designation SNC-1 Falcon .
The main difference was a new undercarriage with inward-retracting mainwheels and a semi-retractable tail wheel which had been developed for the Curtiss-Wright CW-23 armed trainer, with other changes including hydraulically operated flaps. Although heavier, the CW-21B was 18 mph (29 km/h) faster than the original CW-21, albeit with a reduced ...
The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s. It was produced under license in France as the Hispano-Suiza 9V or Hispano-Wright 9V , and in the Soviet Union as the Shvetsov M-25 .
The Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk (previously designated the XP-87) was a prototype American all-weather jet fighter-interceptor, and the company's last aircraft project. [1] Designed as a replacement for the World War II –era propeller-driven P-61 Black Widow night/interceptor aircraft, the XF-87 lost in government procurement competition ...
This category is for people and things associated with the Curtiss-Wright Company, and its predecessor, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. For people and things associated with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, see Category:Wright brothers
The Curtiss-Wright C-76 Caravan (company designation CW-27) was an American all-wood military transport aircraft. The C-76 was intended as a substitute standard aircraft in the event of expected wartime shortages of light alloys . [ 1 ]