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On 7 December 1941, the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation held an open day to introduce its new carrier-borne bomber to the public. A few hours into the event, news arrived [...]

Given their wide-reaching STC approvals, Garmin autopilots have dominated the aftermarket the past few years. But other full-featured autopilots like the dual-axis Trio Avionics Pro Pilot have gotten lost in [...]

FEATURES Annual PLANS GUIDE Build Your Dream Flier with Plans from [I.Model Airplane News!] For almost 100 years (96 and counting!), [I.Model Airplane News] has been publishing construction articles and [...]

FEATURES / Dare to Compare CAT FIGHT Grumman F3F vs. F4F Wildcat Pilot 〉〉 James E. Swett, USMC, Medal of Honor recipient I had originally enlisted in the U.S. Navy [...]

FEATURES / First Blood COMBATANTS COMPARED —Barrett Tillman In measuring the Grumman Wildcat against the Mitsubishi Zero, a medieval comparison is appropriate. The Zeke was a light, agile fencing foil; [...]

FEATURES STAR POWER Big-screen names whohave served BY JIM FARMER The new F8F-1 Bearcat, fresh from Grumman’s plant on Long Island, New York, and making its first long cross-country hop, [...]

20 May 2011 The frame of a Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft can be made out on the sea floor, where it crashed almost 70 years ago. The Zero was [...]

A Pekingese dog named Wild Thang walks the stage during the annual World's Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, California (Image credit: Josh Edelson / Getty Images) Artists perform on the [...]

Byline: Opinion Long Island has been at the center of some of the most important societal advancements that have impacted humanity over the past centuryfrom the lunar module built at [...]

FEATURES / THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE UGLY Flying the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk in Vietnam BY JAMES P. BUSHA The twin-engine triple-tail [...]

FEATURES / DOUBLE ACE! DOUBLE ACE! Navy pilot chalks up 16 kills in Wildcats & Hellcats BY BARRETT TILLMAN —Barrett Tillman —Barrett Tillman In a scene reminiscent of aerial combat [...]

Byline: Opinion It's hard to believe, but we are still grounded at Calverton. In September 1998, the U.S. Navy's sprawling Calverton property where Grumman built its F-14 Tomcats years earlier [...]

FEATURES / DEVIL DOG TIGERCAT Devil Dog TIGERCAT Inside Grumman’s twin-engine piston fighter TEXT & PHOTOS BY TED CARLSON/http://FOTODYNAMICS.COM With former owner Mike Brown at the stick, “Big Bossman” flies [...]

FEATURES / Devil Dog Tigercat AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY The “Big Bossman” Tigercat was conceived as U.S. Navy Bu No. 80503. The aircraft began life as a F7F-3, and it rolled [...]

Regulars / Kreisha of habit The Joys of Aviation Journalism Kreisha Ballantynetakes the opportunity to look back on her adventurous and fulfilling career writing about general aviation. KREISHA BALLANTYNE Kreisha’s [...]

I was the CFI, flying with a keen 17-year-old student in a Grumman AA-5 Traveler. As we used to say in the Air Force when describing a flying scenario, 'There [...]

When we had the dearcoat paint finish on a Grumman professionally ceramic coated by NuAero Detailing in Pennsylvania (and more test aircraft coated at other top detailing shops) we were [...]

Byline: Jon Hemmerdinger Mullin has*worked at Cirrus Aircraft, flown turboprops throughout the Caribbean, piloted big jets for Spirit Airlines and, amid it all, launched Abingdon, a company specialising in selling [...]

Wouldn't it be great if we could clearcoat our airplane with a high-gloss finish and simply keep it shining by washing it several times a year? Enter ceramic coatings, which [...]

BY JASON McDOWELL PHOTOS BY JIM STEVENSON During the 1960s and 1970s, general aviation was bustling. Fuel was inexpensive, disposable income was relatively plentiful, and airplanes were selling well. Bolstered [...]

FLYING has flown the Mooney M20s and Grumman AA-5s since each model was born. And since that time, we've remarked on how they deliver honest cross-country speed at a price [...]

BY W. DAVID POND Up through the United States’ entry into World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this round-engine biplane, the Grumman F3F, was the frontline [...]

Hail-damaged aircraft are what salvage deals are made of. If you've dealt with hail damage as I did with my Grumman after an isolated thunderstorm peppered it on a transient [...]

U.S. NAVY AIRCREWS AND RECRUITERS LOVED THE GRUMMAN F-14 TOMCAT, BUT A CAREFUL REVIEW OF ITS RECORD SUGGESTS THE TOP GUN MOUNT WASN'T ALL IT WAS CRANKED UP TO BE [...]