CURTISS WRIGHT CORP — Director's Dealing 2005

Nov 19, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP (CW)
CIK: 0000026324
Period of Report: 2005-11-16

Reporting Person: BENANTE MARTIN R (Director, Chief Executive Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-11-16	Option to Purchase Common Stock	$55.84	A	15000	Acquired	2015-11-15	Common Stock (15000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	888	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Price is based on the average of the high and low price as reported by the New York Stock Exchange for the Corporation's Common Stock as of the date of the grant.

F2: Up to 1/3 of the shares covered by the option on 11/15/06, increases to 2/3 of such shares on 11/15/07, and increasing to all shares on 11/15/08.

F3: No price on the date of issue, option having been granted as an employee benefit transaction. The option has a value of $18.12 per share using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.