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
>
>
>
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