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The sinking of a German U-boat by the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was claimed by one of their larger aircraft on 11 July 1942. The Grumman G-44 Widgeon, armed with two depth charges and crewed by Captain Johnny Haggins and Major Wynant Farr, was scrambled when another CAP patrol radioed that they had encountered an enemy submarine, but were returning to base due to low fuel.
SeaWings, narrated by Edward Easton, was a separately-branded program that focused on United States (and some foreign) naval aircraft from World War II to the present day, including: Grumman A-6 Intruder ("Thunder from the Sea") Grumman F9F Panther/Cougar; Grumman F-14 Tomcat ("Defender of the Fleet") Grumman TBF Avenger ("The Avenger")
The Grumman G-21 Goose is an amphibious flying boat designed by Grumman to serve as an eight-seat "commuter" aircraft for businessmen in the Long Island area. The Goose was Grumman's first monoplane to fly, its first twin-engined aircraft, and its first aircraft to enter commercial airline service.
The Grumman FF "Fifi" (company designation G-5) is an American biplane fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy during the 1930s. [2] It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear. [ 3 ]
Bill Howell, seen here in 2019, left Atlantic Beach to become a private pilot. After flying seaplanes around the Keys and the Caribbean, he landed a full-time job as a pilot for Jimmy Buffett ...
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft. [2] Founded on December 6, 1929, by Leroy Grumman and his business partners, it merged in 1994 with Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman .
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2010/12 General characteristics Crew: Two pilots Capacity: 4 passengers Length: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m) Wingspan: 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m) floats down Height: 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) propellers "Y" Wing area: 295.0 sq ft (27.41 m 2) Aspect ratio: 7.8 Airfoil: GA35U-A315 Empty weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg) prototype Max takeoff weight: 5,999 lb (2,721 kg) Fuel ...
It was intended that this would enable the aircraft to land on the open ocean in rough seas and deploy a dipping sonar. The Grumman G-132 was the largest of the three design proposals to be submitted as part of the "Open Ocean Seaplane" requirement, but unlike the Convair XP6Y and Martin P7M SubMaster , it never received a Navy designation.