![]() ![]() Grumman's first jet aircraft was the F9F Panther it was followed by the upgraded F9F/F-9 Cougar, and the F-11 Tiger in the 1950s. ![]() Grumman ranked 22nd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. ![]() ![]() ĭuring World War II, Grumman became known for its "Cats" (Navy fighter aircraft): the F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, the Grumman F7F Tigercat and Grumman F8F Bearcat, and also for its torpedo bomber, the Grumman TBF Avenger. This was followed by a number of other successful designs. The first Grumman aircraft was also for the Navy, the Grumman FF-1, a biplane with retractable landing gear developed at Curtiss Field in 1931. Grumman designed the first practical floats with a retractable landing gear for the Navy, and this launched Grumman into the aviation market. While maintaining the business by welding aluminum tubing for truck frames, the company eagerly pursued contracts with the US Navy. The company registered as a business on December 6, 1929, and officially opened on January 2, 1930. factory in Baldwin on Long Island, New York. Grumman and three other ex-Loening Aircraft employees, ( Edmund Ward Poor, William Schwendler, and Jake Swirbul) started their own company in an old Cox-Klemin Aircraft Co. In 1929, Keystone Aircraft Corporation bought Loening Aircraft and moved its operations from New York City to Bristol, Pennsylvania. Leroy Grumman worked for the Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation beginning in 1920. ![]()
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