Grumman engineers, led by chief Engineer William Schwendler, sought to fill a major gap in the low and medium altitude ranges for U.S. Navy carrier-based fighters. The goal was to create a small ...
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Grumman cats: How the Wildcat, Hellcat, and Bearcat dominated the Pacific
From the stubby F4F Wildcat barely holding the line in 1942 to the powerful F6F Hellcat that turned the tide of the Pacific ...
On this day in aviation history, 81 years ago (December 31, 1944), the Grumman F8F Bearcat officially entered service with the United States Navy. The Bearcat was a single-engine carrier-based fighter ...
OSHKOSH – Another “Only at Oshkosh” moment is set for this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. A news release announced four legendary fighter aircraft produced by Grumman will be among the highlights of ...
As Lotus' founder Colin Chapman once said, the best way to make a vehicle faster is to "simplify and add lightness." As true as this was for sports cars and race cars, it might be even more fitting to ...
Fighter Aircraft -- The First Carrier-Based Fighter: Vought VE-7 -- A Really Wild Cat: Grumman F4F Wildcat -- Twin-Engine Fighters: Grumman F5F Skyrocket and F7F Tigercat -- Versatile-and Long-Lived: ...
Four Grumman fighter aircraft (F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat) will be featured at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The aircraft will be displayed on Boeing Plaza and flown in the ...
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