Grumman, the people that made the planes 12 SEPT 2010

[armyjunk2]

Thank you Jim, I see the difference now. I will change the heading to Panther/Cougars. I'm really outta my league with these jets, I only know a little about them.......everyone feel free to add info to this thread. I'm not a real 'wingie-thingie' person, I can tell the difference between Hellcats and Corsairs but you guys are the experts here....

[rwdfresno]

The Panther/Cougar are my favorite of all Jets. It just doesn't get any prettier than an early Cougar in blue. I am lucky enough to have a NOS ejection seat out of one .

[Fouga23]

What's the thing in the foreground? I never seem to stop finding new Navy types I didn't know yet!

[Tailspin Turtle]

41JC is an F4D Skyray. 53JC is a short-nosed F11F Tiger.

[Larry Kraus]

Another item of interest in Pictures number 69 and 71 is the portable prototype of the now standard mirror landing system.Evaluations were done using the then normal LSO with paddles as well as the mirror,which was on the starboard side on the flightdeck instead of the port side deck edge for the permanent stabilized mirror system that is in use today.

[merlin101]

Armyjunk, have you posted any photo's of Avengers/tarpoons yet? Been away & only just catching up!!
Dave

[armyjunk2]

Merlin, page 1 has a Index listing everything thats been posted. ...and yes we have Avengers...........

[Mark Nankivil]

Thanks again for the recent photo posts. I really like the factory shots - seeing Cougars, Trackers and Tracers being assembled in the same image is pretty cool. Wouldn't be something to see all of these in color!

Thanks again and looking forward to more great photos!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

[armyjunk2]

GRUMMAN F11 TIGERS

1.... 2 prototypes of the F-111B, built by Grumman


2 Tigers


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[bdk]

The first one shows General Dynamics F-111's (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-111-pics.htm).

[hawkeye52]

The 1st pic in this "tigers" series shows the 2 prototypes of the F-111B, built by Grumman. They were the result of Secy of Defense Robert McNamara's misguided effort to have the Air Force & Navy use versions of the same a/c. The F-111B was grossly overweight and was considered a turkey, not a tiger. Btw, GAEC's chief test pilot Ralph Donnel and a fellow test pilot lost their lives in the crash of an F-111B at Calverton in 1966 (or '67).
- Hawkeye 52

[hawkeye52]

Yo, ArmyJunk.... are there any F10F Jaguars in those Grumman archives?
- Hawkeye 52

[armyjunk2]

thanks hawkeye, I don't believe so, for some reason the pictures thinned out towards the end, I have no idea why....no albatross either

[RNDMTRS4EVR]

Any Stoof (S-2 tracker) photos?
Scott....

[armyjunk2]

yes I have several, but I'm leaving tomorrow on a "lets look for airplanes, tanks and artillery trip" so nothing new will be added for a week........