- 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