To: txradioguy; TASMANIANRED; MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; Colonel_Flagg; Kathy in Alaska; ...
Greetings to all the Freepers out there in Freeperland. Time for a quick Friday Flyby. Tonight a look at the Grumman F7F Tigercat. Designed as a twin engined carrier based aircraft the Tigercat just missed out on service in WW-II. With a all up weight of over 25,000pounds and powered by 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Wasp engines that developed 2,100hp each thew Tigercat could hit in excess of 400mph at altitude.
Well on with the pics.
The Tigercat was designed to have a very narrow frontal area as this picture shows.
A nice inflight shot of an F7F-3P model. This plane makes the rounds of the European airshows.
The Grumman duo that just missed out on WW-II, coming...
And going...
And if one Tigercat is cooler then two Tigercats should be even cooler, eh?
A nice picture from dave Stewart that show up the sleekness of the F7F versus an F6F Hellcat. Both plane were powered by the P&W R-2800 engine.
Well that all for tonight's Friday Flyby. Hope everyone has a greaty weekend and we will see you in the future.
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
60 posted on
11/14/2008 6:39:38 PM PST by
alfa6
(One mans magic is another mans engineering... L.L.)
To: alfa6
Great FlyBy, alfa! Thanks very much!
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
65 posted on
11/14/2008 6:42:49 PM PST by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
To: alfa6
Thanks for the Flyby, Alfa! It is a cool warbird, and sorry
it didn’t make it to the fight. It would have been a heavy-hitter!
Hope you and yours have a good weekend!
68 posted on
11/14/2008 6:44:28 PM PST by
luvie
(Now....on to 2012........Palin/Jindal)
To: alfa6
Good evening, alfa...((HUGS))...I have been so busy at work that I’ve been missing you and the wonderful Friday Flyby. Thank you for the Grumman F7F Tigercat....it looks like you need a shoehorn to get in it.
86 posted on
11/14/2008 6:58:07 PM PST by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: alfa6
Wow alpha.....that’s the skinniest plane I’ve ever seen!
Thanks so much for the flyby this evening.
A weekend off for you? Any new projects? *Hugs*
To: alfa6
Aloha Alfa6!
The F7F was one of the handsomest A/C ever.
We all like the fast movers and strike A/C but do you have any interesting stuff on Heavies?
159 posted on
11/14/2008 7:25:07 PM PST by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhaul Congress! It's the sensible solution to restore Command to the People.)
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