Welcome to the Woodward Governor Company unofficial History Site

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The governor collection keeps expanding.

2.jpg A CURTISS-WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE GOVERNOR HISTORY PROJECT.ThumbnailsAnother governor added to the prime mover control collection for 2020.A CURTISS-WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE GOVERNOR HISTORY PROJECT.ThumbnailsAnother governor added to the prime mover control collection for 2020.A CURTISS-WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE GOVERNOR HISTORY PROJECT.ThumbnailsAnother governor added to the prime mover control collection for 2020.A CURTISS-WRIGHT AIRCRAFT ENGINE GOVERNOR HISTORY PROJECT.ThumbnailsAnother governor added to the prime mover control collection for 2020.

This Curtiss-Wright proportional governor control system is from patent number 2,474,140, circa 1939.