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[VAL] Curtis Wright "Clipper"



I'll add the other 0.66% to Tuna's reply by noting the
manufacturer's correct name is "Curtis Wright Industries,
Inc." with only one "s" at the end of Curtis, the first name
of company founder Curtis Wright.  This name appears on the
trailer's data tag in photos from Tom's archives, mentioned
in Herb's reply.  Curtiss-Wright with two "ss" is a
different entity formed around WW I from merging the
aviation interests of Glenn Curtiss and the Wright
Brothers.  Wally worked for Curtis Wright Industries, Inc.,
immediately after WW II, where he designed their aluminum
Clipper trailer shown in Susan's photos.      

Fred Coldwell