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In today's newsletter:

  • How Norwich's Hamilton Standard factory helped power Allied aircraft in WWII

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Today's riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Breezy in the afternoon, with a high of 69 and low of 41 degrees.
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📰 News we're reading

• The First 25 Years of Hamilton Standard, Part 4: Hamilton Standard Goes to War (vintageaviationnews.com) — Hamilton Standard's WWII expansion included opening a major propeller factory in Norwich tying the city directly to the wartime aviation boom. The article explains how rapidly growing demand for aircraft transformed the company from a small East Hartford operation into a nationwide and international production network that supplied most U.S. propellers during the war.
   

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