Leroy Grumman's F4F Wildcat was not the fastest or most advanced fighter aircraft of World War II. But during the dark months after Pearl Harbor, Wildcat pilots stood firm, held the line, and stopped ...

The Air Legends Foundation will bring the four Grumman aircraft — the F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat — to Oshkosh.

Explore the history of the Grumman F6F Hellcat, the U.S. Navy's legendary WWII carrier fighter that first flew on June 26, ...

An F4F Wildcat manufactured by General Motors during the war, was unveiled Aug. 19 as volunteers — who had worked five years to restore it — looked on at the USS Hornet in Alameda.

The Wildcat’s supercharged 1,200 horsepower R-1830 radial engine allowed it to attain speeds of 331 mph while armed with four jam-prone .50-caliber machine guns, or 320 mph on the heavier F4F-4 ...

The air show will showcase an array of aircraft, including the legendary B-25 Mitchell Bomber from WWII, the Cold War-era ...

The Fighter Planes. ... It was a larger, heavier, faster, and more powerful refinement of Grumman's F4F Wildcat, and the first American fighter to exceed the performance of the Mitsubishi Zero.

Too late to make a difference in WWII, and too slow for the new jet age, Grumman's F7F Tigercat was a capable warplane that never got to prove itself.

It was more agile than British Spitfires, outfought American fighters like the F2A Buffalo and F4F Wildcat, and had far greater range than the German Messerschmitt Bf 109.

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Four Grumman fighter aircraft (F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat) will be featured at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The aircraft will be displayed on Boeing Plaza and flown in the ...