On Sep. 21, 1956, Grumman test pilot Tom Attridge sortied ... It was the 41st flight for this particular F11F-1 Tiger and it was Attridge’s second test flight of the day. As explained by Robert ...

Attridge took off from Grumman's airfield on Long Island ... The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration team, flew the F11F Tiger from 1957-69. The rounds fired by Attridge were ...

The Soviet MiG-15 was a nightmare for the U.S., forcing Grumman to develop the F11F Tiger—a sleek, supersonic fighter built for speed. From its first flight, it nearly hit Mach 1, proving its ...

64, No. 3, Summer 2011 SIX AMAZING YEARS: RAGs, NATOPS, and Mor... The Vought F8U Crusader, McDonnell F3H Demon, Douglas F4D Skyray, Grumman F11F Tiger, McDonnell F4H Phantom, North American A5A ...

GRUMMAN'S FIRST FIGHTERS FOR THE U.S. NAVY WERE BARREL-CHESTED BIPLANES, known only as the F2F and F3F; they had no nicknames, much less the feline names that became near-synonymous with Grumman ...

In 1956, the Grumman aircraft corporation was testing its new fighter, the F-11 Tiger, off the coast of New York state. The pilot fired a long burst from its guns and moments later suffered ...