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The first production variant was the single-seat F7F-1N aircraft; after the 34th production aircraft, a second seat for a radar operator was added and these aircraft were designated F7F-2N. A second production version, the F7F-3 , was modified to correct the issues that caused the aircraft to fail carrier acceptance, and this version was again ...
The Vought F7U Cutlass is a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber designed and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Chance Vought.It was the first tailless production fighter in the United States as well as the Navy's first jet equipped with swept wings and the first to be designed with afterburners.
VMDs/VMPs flew photographic modified versions of the Douglas SBD Dauntless, Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator, Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer and Grumman F7F Tigercat. The main mission of these squadrons was to conduct long range, very high-altitude photographic reconnaissance .
Marine Photographic Squadron 354 (VMP-354) was a United States Marine Corps photographic reconnaissance squadron originally commissioned during World War II.During the war, the squadron flew the F6F-3P Hellcat and later transitioned to the Grumman F7F Tigercat.
Grumman F7F Tigercat Military unit Marine Photographic Squadron 254 ( VMP-254 ) was a United States Marine Corps photographic reconnaissance squadron that was originally commissioned during World War II as a replacement training unit.
The Grumman XTSF was a proposed twin-engine torpedo scout aircraft, designed by Grumman for the United States Navy towards the end of World War II.Based on the design of the Grumman F7F Tigercat fighter, but enlarged and with the addition of a bomb bay, the XTSF was deemed too large for carrier operations, and the project was cancelled before any aircraft were built.
Three TBM accidents in 1973 and three F7F accidents in 1974 accelerated the CAL FIRE S-2 modification program. As a result, contracts were entered into with four California contractors, Aero Union Corp., Sis-Q Flying Service, TBM Inc. and Hemet Valley Flying Service to modify and tank ten S-2 air tankers during the 1973/1974 winter period. As a ...
Grumman F7F Tigercat, a heavy fighter used by the US Navy; F-7, a hypothetical light fighter variant of the U.S. Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk jet trainer; Locomotives