the last hull at the evansville plant

[jcmartin@xxxxxxxxx (Jim Martin)]

John ....... I was quoting from the author
& should have seen the error. My error was to let my fingers do the
walking and they never made it past the 7. Thanks for
the correction. 
Mae Culpa, Mae Culpa
Jim

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• From: John Meyer <donkiyoti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:07:01 -0700

On Saturday, Jun 26, 2004, at 18:45 US/Pacific, Jim Martin wrote:

> 70 yrs. of Chrysler book shows,  "Complicated beyond belief were the
> 2200 horsepower Wright Cyclone engine designed for the B27
> Superfortress. Yet
> Chrysler turned out an amazing total of these precision 9-cylinder
> radial units.
> Production of these engines was done at a newly built plant near
> Chicago, which was under the direction of the Dodge division." 
> .........
> Would this be the plant
> under discussion?
> Jim
>

Ouch! That should be the B-29 Superfortress, and they were 18 cylinders 
(two rows of nine). Careful with those facts!

John
1965 Crown
Tucson

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