U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
[_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    Myers                          John                  R.
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   (Last)                           (First)             (Middle)

     924 Casey Cover Drive
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                                    (Street)

   Nokomis                             FL                 34275
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   (City)                           (State)              (Zip)	

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW)

3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)

000-00-0000

4. Statement for Month/Year

April 2000

5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

[X] Director [_] 10% Owner
[_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below)

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line)

[X] Form filed by one Reporting Person
[_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person

Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

                                                                                                                6.
                                                                 4.                              5.             Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Amount of      ship
                                                    3.           Disposed of (D)                 Securities     Form:     7.
                                                    Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Beneficially   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            Code         ------------------------------- Owned at End   (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             of Month       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)     Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock, par value $1.00         03/02/00       P Note 1 V      55          (A)    Note 2   571 Note 3     (D)
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* If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(Print or Type Responses)

(Over)

(Form 4-07/99)

FORM 4 (continued)
Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

                                                                                                                    10.
                                                                                                          9.        Owner-
                                                                                                          Number    ship
                                                                                                          of        Form
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-             4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.       Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Explanation of Responses:
Note 1 Such shares were issued pursuant to a deferred compensation plan in which
the participants defferd certain Director fees and elected to receive such compensationin the form od stock. Note 2 See attached schedule of prices.
Note 3 Reflects a two-for-one stock split paid on December 23, 1997.

     /s/ John R. Myers                                          April 6, 2000
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
        John R. Myers

**     Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
       Criminal Violations.	

See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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J. R. Myers

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 Date of                                     Stock    Equivalent    Cumulative
Compensation    Activity                     Price      Shares       Shares
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12/31/96                                     $22.84     52.00        52.00
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Total Deferred
 Compensation                                           52.00
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 4/30/97        Dividend ($.125)    6.50      28.938     0.22        52.22
 7/31/97        Dividend ($.125)    6.53      31.220     0.21        52.43
10/31/97        Dividend ($.125)    6.55      36.565     0.18        52.61
12/23/97         Dividend ($.13)    6.84      36.750     0.19        52.80

 4/30/98         Dividend ($.13)    6.86      40.094     0.17        52.97
 7/31/98         Dividend ($.13)    6.89      42.751     0.16        53.13
10/30/98         Dividend ($.13)    6.91      38.000     0.18        53.31
12/1/98         Dividend ($.13)     6.93      37.375     0.19        53.50

 4/30/99         Dividend ($.13)    6.95      36.406     0.19        53.69
 7/30/99         Dividend ($.13)    6.98      37.094     0.19        53.88
10/29/99         Dividend ($.13)    7.00      35.625     0.20        54.07
12/15/99         Dividend ($.13)    7.03     $35.78      0.20        54.27

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Total Equivalent Shares           $74.95                54.27
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       Shares to be issued                              55
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