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The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft.The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project.
English: A U.S. Navy Grumman F-14A-95-GR Tomcat (BuNo 160391) of Fighter Squadron 84 (VF-84) "Jolly Rogers" in flight. VF-84 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW-8) aboard the the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 1 December 1977 to 20 July 1978.
Bob Kress (1929–2007) was an American aircraft and aeronautical engineer. [1]He is specially known for being engineering manager for the project of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
The Grumman XSBF, also known by the company designation G-14, was an American biplane scout bomber developed by Grumman Aircraft for the United States Navy during the 1930s. Derived from Grumman's successful " Fifi " fighter, the aircraft was developed at a time when the biplane was giving way to the monoplane.
The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the first twin-engine fighter to be deployed by the USN.
A GA-7 Cougar on the ramp at Les Cedres Quebec, May 2005. The Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar is an American all-metal, 4-seat, twin-engined light aircraft.The Cougar was a twin-engine development of the Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger and traces its lineage to the AA-1 Yankee Clipper and the Bede BD-1.
Grumman's design team was led by Robert Nafis and Lawrence Mead, Jr. [4] Mead later played a lead role in the design of the Lunar Excursion Module and the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. [7] The team was spread between two sites, the company's manufacturing plant at Bethpage and the testing facilities at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton ...
Grumman S-2 Tracker The Conair Firecat is a fire-fighting aircraft developed in Canada in the 1970s by modifying military surplus Grumman S-2 Trackers . The modifications were developed by the maintenance arm of the Conair Group , which became a separate company called Cascade Aerospace .