[ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA

[Michael Bittner]

The Movie "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" is a very accurate portrayal of the 
Panther in the ground attack roll.

One of my summer jobs was working on the assembly line at Grumman building 
the F9F-8 version of the Cougar.  During that summer, Grumman rolled out the 
F11F Tigerjet.

Admiral Apollo Soucek once said,"The name Grumman on an airplane is like 
Sterling on silver".

Mike, W6MAB


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>
To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA


> On 8 Jun 2010 at 18:27, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:
>
>> Actually, the F9F was the swept-wing Couger.
>
> That was the F9F-6
>
>> The Panther was the
>> straight-wing F8F
>
> No. Actually, the F9F-5 WAS the Panther, while the F9F-6
> was the Couger, developed from the Panther.
>
> The F8F was the piston engined Bearcat. It was a REAL
> little hot-rod and VERY maneuverable.
>
> Roy Grumman asked his designers to put the biggest
> engine they could find into the smallest possible airframe,
> and they succeeded.
>
> I still wonder what radios the F7F and the F8F carried?
>
> ARC-5 VHF, perhaps?
>
> Ken W7EKB
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