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Mike
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Gross oversight...

Tom Wilson and The Curtiss Hawk Factory (more affectionately known as the Sugar Hill Institute of Technology).

:drink3:

Is that still going?
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Another for New Zealand, specialising in de Havilland and other wood-and-wire types:

Croydon Aircraft Company
https://www.croydonaviation.co.nz/
https://www.facebook.com/Croydon-Aircra ... 7993290573

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Mike wrote:
Dan K wrote:
Gross oversight...

Tom Wilson and The Curtiss Hawk Factory (more affectionately known as the Sugar Hill Institute of Technology).

:drink3:

Is that still going?



Sugar Hill is alive and well.

https://scontent-msp1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=619EBB17

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I believe Westpac went bankrupt a few years back

I thought they were funded by Jim Slattery?

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ZRX61 wrote:
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I believe Westpac went bankrupt a few years back

I thought they were funded by Jim Slattery?

They did file Chapter 11 in 2017. Maybe somebody who can access the info can tell us the outcome. Chapter 11 is reorganization and not necessarily the end of the business.

https://businessbankruptcies.com/cases/ ... ration-inc
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ZRX61 wrote:
Mike wrote:
I believe Westpac went bankrupt a few years back

I thought they were funded by Jim Slattery?

Your Medicare Dollars at work!
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Mike wrote:
Your Medicare Dollars at work!

Details here, biggest creditor was Paul Allen's outfit:

http://bankrupt.com/misc/cob17-18211.pdf

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ZRX61 wrote:
Details here, biggest creditor was Paul Allen's outfit
$1.3M contract dispute over 7 years. There must have been a lawsuit before this that Westpac lost to arrive at that amount.

I suspect Vulcan was a very difficult organization to deal with. They always had a lack of throughput from their contractors, some very well-respected shops.
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bdk wrote:
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Details here, biggest creditor was Paul Allen's outfit
$1.3M contract dispute over 7 years. There must have been a lawsuit before this that Westpac lost to arrive at that amount.

Possibly involving the P-38, which was moved from Westpac to Ezell’s around the same timeframe?
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