You should come back and visit Lackland when I get my 1966 LeBaron fully operational; you will not recognize it as most of the wooden buildings have been demolished in the past 15 years. Also Kelly and Brooks Air Force Bases are gone. -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M Turner Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:45 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: the last hull at the evansville plant Lackland AFB?!! Wow. That does take me back some years. I arrived at Lackland 42 years ago on 13 July to start basic training. Was one of the best things I ever did in my life, and there are days when I wish I'd stayed in and become a career officer -- which USAF kept courting me to do. Vince in Boston ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Bianchini" <ABianchini@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 11:21 PM Subject: RE: IML: the last hull at the evansville plant > > We have one of those (superfortress) by our main gate at Lackland Air > Force Base. Indeed they do have 18 cylinder engines and are quite > impressive and complex to behold. Curious as to the where(s) of their > construction. > > Tony > 1966 LeBaron (almost on the road) > San Antonio > -----Original Message----- > From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Meyer > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:07 PM > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IML: the last hull at the evansville plant > > > 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 > > >