This message is a reply to an archived post by MF Poor on September 26, 2010 at 07:23:37.
The original subject was Re: Louisville Farmall Plant?.
Im coming into this discussion years later, but here goes - FedEx doesnt do aircraft maintenance in Louisville, its just a shipping hub, but they do have a small vehicle maintenance section at the north end of their building. Also, the Louisville Curtis-Wright plant never built bombers, it was built to construct the C-76 Caravan all-wood CARGO plane. Never heard of it? Thats probably because it was obsolete by the time the first prototype flew. Cargo planes and bombers are not the same thing. Whoever said that part of the Harvester plant was taken over to build radial engines is not only wrong, but also has their timeline wrong. It wasnt a Harvester plant until AFTER the war, when IH bought the place from Curtiss Wright. As an aside, the CW radial engine was built in Sharonville, Ohio, at a plant that now builds GE jet engines. Im currently writing this from 5101 Crittenden Drive. im an aircraft QC inspector for Republic (formerly Chautauqua) Airlines. Our hangar sits on part of the grounds that used to be occupied by the IH plant.
The original subject was Re: Louisville Farmall Plant?.
Im coming into this discussion years later, but here goes - FedEx doesnt do aircraft maintenance in Louisville, its just a shipping hub, but they do have a small vehicle maintenance section at the north end of their building. Also, the Louisville Curtis-Wright plant never built bombers, it was built to construct the C-76 Caravan all-wood CARGO plane. Never heard of it? Thats probably because it was obsolete by the time the first prototype flew. Cargo planes and bombers are not the same thing. Whoever said that part of the Harvester plant was taken over to build radial engines is not only wrong, but also has their timeline wrong. It wasnt a Harvester plant until AFTER the war, when IH bought the place from Curtiss Wright. As an aside, the CW radial engine was built in Sharonville, Ohio, at a plant that now builds GE jet engines. Im currently writing this from 5101 Crittenden Drive. im an aircraft QC inspector for Republic (formerly Chautauqua) Airlines. Our hangar sits on part of the grounds that used to be occupied by the IH plant.
