SCHEDULE 14A
                                 (Rule 14a-101)

                     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT
                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

                           Proxy Statement Pursuant to
                              Section 14(a) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Filed by the registrant   [X]
Filed by a party other than the registrant [  ]
Check the appropriate box:
[ ]     Preliminary Proxy Statement.
[ ]     Confidential, for use of the Commission only
        (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)).
[ ]     Definitive Proxy Statement.
[X]     Definitive Additional Materials.
[ ]     Soliciting Material Under Rule 14a-12.

_______________________________________________________________________________

                           CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
                (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
_______________________________________________________________________________


                      -------------------------------------
    (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)

_______________________________________________________________________________

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                           CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION
                              1200 Wall Street West
                           Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071


                                                                October 10, 2001


Dear Stockholder:

                  According to our latest records, we have not yet received your
proxy for the important Special Meeting of Curtiss-Wright Corporation to be held
on October 26, 2001.  YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS  RECOMMENDED  THAT YOU VOTE IN
FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED RECAPITALIZATION AND OTHER PROPOSALS UNDER CONSIDERATION.

                  Please  help  your  company   avoid  the  expense  of  further
solicitation by signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card today.

                  Thank you for your cooperation.


                  Very truly yours,



                  Martin R. Benante
                  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



_______________________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________________





                           CURTISS- WRIGHT CORPORATION
                SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OCTOBER 26, 2001
           THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

         CURTISS-WRIGHT  CORPORATION  SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS -- OCTOBER
26,  2001 THIS  PROXY IS  SOLICITED  ON BEHALF  OF THE  BOARD OF  DIRECTORS  The
undersigned  hereby appoints Martin R. Benante,  Michael J. Denton and Robert A.
Bosi,  and each of them  singly,  each with full power of  substitution,  as the
proxy and  attorney-in-fact  of the undersigned with full authority to represent
and vote all shares of common stock of the undersigned at the special meeting of
stockholders to be held at the  Renaissance  Meadowlands  Hotel,  801 Rutherford
Avenue,  Rutherford,  New Jersey on October 26, 2001, at 10:00 a.m., local time,
or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, upon the matters set forth in the
Curtiss-Wright  Corporation  proxy statement and upon those other matters as may
properly  come before the special  meeting,  voting as  specified on the reverse
side of this card with respect to the matters set forth in the proxy  statement,
and voting in the discretion of the above-named persons on such other matters as
may properly come before the special meeting,  including, if submitted to a vote
of the stockholders,  a motion to adjourn the special meeting to another time or
place for the purpose of soliciting  additional proxies.  The undersigned hereby
revokes any proxy  previously  given and  acknowledges  receipt of the notice of
special meeting and proxy statement dated September 5, 2001.

         The shares  represented  by this proxy will be voted as directed by the
undersigned.  The board of directors of Curtiss-Wright  Corporation recommends a
vote 'FOR' each of Proposal One, Proposal Two, Proposal Three, Proposal Four and
Proposal  Five. IF THIS PROXY IS SIGNED AND RETURNED AND DOES NOT SPECIFY A VOTE
ON ONE OR MORE OF THE  PROPOSALS,  THE  PROXY  WILL BE VOTED  'FOR'  EACH OF THE
PROPOSALS AS TO WHICH NO VOTE IS SPECIFIED.


                 (Continued, and to be signed, on reverse side)








[x] PLEASE MARK VOTES AS            THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS
    IN THIS EXAMPLE                 A VOTE 'FOR'EACH OF PROPOSALS 1-5.


1. Approval of Recapitalization Proposal    [ ] FOR   [ ] AGAINST   [ ] ABSTAIN

2. Approval of Board Size Proposal          [ ] FOR   [ ] AGAINST   [ ] ABSTAIN

3. Approval of Written Consent Proposal     [ ] FOR   [ ] AGAINST   [ ] ABSTAIN

4. Approval of Special Meeting Proposal     [ ] FOR   [ ] AGAINST   [ ] ABSTAIN

5. Approval of Supermajority Voting         [ ] FOR   [ ] AGAINST   [ ] ABSTAIN
    Proposal



                                            [ ]      MARK HERE IF YOU PLAN TO
                                                     ATTEND THE MEETING

                                            [ ]      MARK HERE FOR ADDRESS
                                                     CHANGE AND NOTE AT LEFT

                                            For joint accounts, each owner
                                            should sign.
                                            Executors, Administrators, Trustees,
                                            etc. should give full title.



Signature: ____________ Date: __________ Signature: ___________ Date: __________