Grumman Aircraft

Grumman FF, SF 1931 In 1928 the US Navy aircraft carrier Langley participated in an exercise in which it ... read more ... Nine versions of this aeroplane were built for the US Navy and Coast Guard, the ... read more ... Grumman JF, J2F "Duck" 1933 Grumman F2F 1933 read more ... Developed from the FF-1, the XF2F-1 prototype single-seat carrier-borne biplane fighter made its first flight ... read more ... Grumman F3F 1935 Grumman F4F "Wildcat" 1937 In 1931 a very young American aviation manufacturing company - Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation - ... read more ... The G-21A eight-seat commercial amphibian flew for the first time in June 1937 and was ... read more ... Grumman G-21 / JRF "Goose" 1937 Grumman XF5F "Skyrocket" 1940 Ordered as a prototype on 30 June 1938 by the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, the ... read more ... The Widgeon was a military utility version of the four-five-seat commercial Model G-44 amphibian. It ... read more ... Grumman G-44 / J4F "Widgeon" 1940 Grumman TBF "Avenger" 1941 Standard carrier-borne torpedo aircraft and light bomber of WWII. The first prototype flew on August ... read more ... The Grumman G-34 proposal of 1938 for a single-seat twin-engined shipboard fighter anticipated the realisation ... read more ... Grumman XP-50 1941 Grumman F6F "Hellcat" 1942 It is probably true to say that the Hellcat was designed in the spring of ... read more ... Very different from the Grumman 'cats' which had preceded it, the F7F Tigercat (as it ... read more ... Grumman F7F "Tigercat" 1943 Grumman F8F "Bearcat" 1944 Last in the line of single-seat single-engined fighters to originate from the F4F Wildcat, the ... read more ... Originally designated the XTB3F-1 (G-70), this aircraft was designed as a torpedo bomber with a ... read more ... Grumman AF-2 "Guardian" 1946 Grumman UF/HU-16 "Albatros" 1947 Experience with the Grumman Goose, which served throughout World War II with great reliability, prompted ... read more ... The original layout of this single-seat carrier-based fighter provided for the installation of four wing-mounted ... read more ... Grumman F9F "Panther" 1947 Grumman F9F "Cougar" 1951 The Cougar was a swept-wing development of the earlier G-79 Panther. The fuselage was similar ... read more ... The world's first variable-sweep combat aircraft, the XF10F-1 was designed as a transonic single-seat shipboard fighter with ... read more ... Grumman F10F "Jaguar" 1952 Grumman F11F "Tiger" 1954 The Tiger single-seat fighter flew for the first time in prototype form on 30 July ... read more ... The Tracker is a twin 1,136.4kW Wright R-1820-82WA-powered carrier-based antisubmarine search and attack aircraft, produced ... read more ... Grumman S-2 "Tracker" 1954 Grumman WF (E-1) Tracer 1955 Modification of the S2F Tracker with an overfuselage radome housing APS-82 search radar for ... read more ... Grumman "Ag-Cat" 1957 Grumman OV-1 "Mohawk" 1959 The first prototype flew on April 14, 1959. Entered production in October 1959. By 1970 ... read more ... The first prototype flew on April 19, 1960. A total of 482 were built. read more ... Grumman A-6 "Intruder" 1960 Grumman E-2 "Hawkeye" 1960 The Hawkeye was evolved as a carrier-borne early-warning aircraft, but is suitable for land-based operations ... read more ... Four-seat carrierborne Command and Control Warfare aircraft development of A-6 Intruder. ... read more ... Grumman EA-6B "Prowler" 1968 Grumman F-14 "Tomcat" 1970 The Grumman F-14 Tomcat (the F-13 designation was skipped over by DoD) is a United ... read more ... Designed to explore hitherto theoretical aerodynamic virtues of forward swept wings which promised improved agility, ... read more ... Grumman X-29 1984