After the original XF5F Skyrocket project came to an end Grumman sought to develop a new variation of the same design. The XP-50 was effectively a land based variant of the naval skyrocket, ordered by the US Army Air Corps in November 1939. XP-50 One obvious difference becomes clear when you first lay eyes on … Continue reading Grumman Fast Twins Part 2 – The F7F Tigercat
Grumman made an undoubted name for themselves throughout the Second World War with their famous “Cat” series of aircraft, culminating with the Bearcat and Tigercat, arguably the pinnacle of piston powered flight. In the late 30s however, Grumman almost created another twin engined legend. Grumman presented a design for a new twin engined carrier based … Continue reading Grumman Fast Twins Part 1 – The XF5F “Skyrocket”
As January draws to a close I wanted to introduce a new feature to Warbird Tails, a news round-up of all things historic aviation. For what is usually the quietest time of the year aviation wise there has certainly been plenty of exciting news doing the rounds, with one major disappointment coming to light … Continue reading Warbird Tails News Round-Up 20th January 2016
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