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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 company was later renamed Curtiss-Wright. [2] Vaughan ascended to vice president by 1925, and was appointed president and chairman in 1935. [2] His tenure saw the development of the Wright Whirlwind J-6 engine, utilized by Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Cyclone engine series, which powered DC-1 aircraft. [4]
Created in 1929 from the consolidation of Curtiss, Wright, and various supplier companies, the company was immediately the country's largest aviation firm and built more than 142,000 aircraft engines for the U.S. military during World War II.
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 .
He retired from Curtiss-Wright and became chairman of the board of the Kentucky River Coal Corporation. Westervelt died in 1956 in Florida, where he had a winter home at Jupiter Island and a ranch near Stuart, Florida. [3] [10] Westervelt is buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. [12]
In late 1948, both Douglas and Curtiss-Wright were awarded preliminary design contracts to further develop and refine their proposals. [5] While Douglas managed to maintain the take-off weight at 68,000 lb, Curtiss were unable to meet the more generous 100,000 lb target during this phase, and thus were eliminated from consideration.
Curtiss-Wright: 1963–1973 W. Pat Crow Forgings: 1973–1978 E.F. Felt: 1978–1979: Projects: Designed the Curtiss P-36 Hawk, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Curtiss SO3C Seamew, Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender and Fisher P-75 Eagle; supervised the design of the Curtiss C-46 Commando and Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Awards
The Northrop F-89 Scorpion is an all-weather, twin-engined interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation.It was the first jet-powered aircraft to be designed for the interceptor role from the outset to enter service, [1] as well as the first combat aircraft to be armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons in the form of the unguided Genie rocket.