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	Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
		The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century.
		The first Grumman aircraft was also for the Navy, the Grumman FF-1[?], a biplane with retractable landing gear[?].
		Grumman's first jet plane, the F9F Panther[?], became operational in 1949, but the company's big successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder[?] and in the 1970s with the F-14 Tomcat.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/gr/Grumman.html (223 words)

	Grumman
		Grumman Corporation: From Beginnings Through World War II The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, New York, was one of the most important builders of military aircraft in the 20th century.
		Grumman had a close relationship with the Navy, but by the mid 1930s, company officials were worried about the firm's sole reliance on military business and decided to also design planes for the commercial market.
		The Avenger was a single-engine, mono-wing, torpedo bomber that held a pilot, a turret gunner, and a radioman/bombardier.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Grumman-early/Aero38.htm (1455 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		In 1919 the Navy sent Grumman to Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation in New York City to supervise the firm's construction of 50 monoplanes under contract with the Navy.
		Grumman mortgaged his house and Swirbul's mother borrowed $6,000 to set up Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. Because both Grumman and Swirbul had grown up on Long Island and liked the region, they decided to locate the company there.
		In 1966 Leroy Grumman retired as Chairman of the Board of Grumman Aircraft Co., although he remained as a Director until 1972.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Leroy_Grumman (712 words)

	The History of Grumman Part I: The Beginning to World War II
		The History of Grumman Part I: The Beginning to World War II The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, New York, was one of the most important builders of military aircraft in the 20th century.
		Grumman had a close relationship with the Navy, but by the mid 1930s, company officials were worried about the firm's sole reliance on military business and decided to also design planes for the commercial market.
		Grumman's first major warplane was the innovative F4F Wildcat, a single-seat, single-engine, carrier-based strike fighter equipped with a unique Grumman invention called "sto-wings, which allowed a plane's wings to fold in half for easy storage on cramped aircraft carriers.
	www.angelfire.com /space/grumman/history/grummanhistory1.html (1180 words)

	Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century.
		Grumman's first jet plane, the F9F Panther, became operational in 1949, but the company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and in the 1970s with the F-14 Tomcat.
		Grumman were also the chief contractor on the Apollo Lunar Module that landed men on the moon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grumman_Aircraft_Engineering_Corporation (380 words)

	Jake Swirbul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leon A. "Jake" "The Bullfrog" Swirbul (March 18, 1898 – June 28, 1960), aviation pioneer and co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, was born in the Yorkville section of Manhattan.
		Jake Swirbul and Leroy Grumman met in 1924 at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co.
		As World War II approached, Swirbul's contacts in the US Navy kept Grumman's production lines running, and his scalable management style is credited with Grumman's ability to ramp up production faster than any other company when war broke out and to maintain higher profit margins than any other aircraft company throughout the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jake_Swirbul (419 words)

	Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation Information
		Grumman's first jet plane, the F9F Panther, became operational in 1949, but the company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and in the 1970s with the F-14 Tomcat.
		Grumman were also the chief contractor on the Apollo Lunar Module that landed men on the moon.
		As the Apollo program neared its end, Grumman was one of the chief competitors for the contract to design and build the Space Shuttle, but lost to Rockwell.
	www.bookrags.com /Grumman_Aircraft (409 words)

	NAHF
		Grumman's aircraft company was the largest single producer of naval aircraft during World War II and Naval Aviators knew that he delivered what the Navy wanted, when and where they wanted it.
		Grumman was born in Huntington, New York in 1895, the son of a carriage builder.
		Grumman enlisted in the Navy Reserves as a Machinist's Mate, and within a few months had received an assignment to training at Columbia University to work on the operation of gasoline engines for submarine chasers.
	nationalaviation.blade6.donet.com /components/content_manager_v02/view_nahf/htdocs/menu_ps.asp?NodeID=1460199960&group_ID=1134656385&Parent_ID=-1 (783 words)

	The Grumman Story
		Of the several aircraft manufacturers struggling to survive in the dark economic days of the Great Depression, Grumman would set a standard of excellence that would be hard to match.
		Roy Grumman was not especially interested in helping to improve the flying performance of their competitor’s aircraft.
		Grumman’s move to the new accommodations was made on November 4, 1931.
	home.att.net /~historyzone/Grumman1.html (2059 words)

	GRUMMAN JF DUCK
		The aircraft was the design of Leroy Grumman and Bill Schwendler and was a direct descendent of the Loening amphibians of the 1920s.
		The 700-750 hp engines and long chord cowlings used on the earlier variants was changed to the 750 hp Wright R-1820-20 air cooled radial, with a short chord engine cowling.
		The aircraft was also modified with stronger bomb racks (capable of carrying 325 pound depth charges), and the standard rear cockpit.30 caliber machine gun mount.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Grumman-Duck/info/info.htm (2590 words)

	Grumman XP-50
		The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, Long Island is best known for its line of superb carrier-based fighters such as the F4F Wildcat and the F6F Hellcat.
		Grumman's submission was known by the company as Design 25--a high-altitude fighter powered by a pair of turbosupercharged Allison V-1710 liquid- cooled engines.
		The engine nacelles were lengthened and extended further aft, spinners were fitted to the propellers, the height of the canopy was reduced, wing fillets were added, and the fuselage nose was extended forward of the wing leading edge.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p50.html (1379 words)

	U.S. Military Aircraft Designation Systems
		Aircraft with this status prefix were exempt from compliance with routine technical directives, as they were bailed to manufacturers or equipment companies for special test or development programs.
		Aircraft with this mission were modified to operate as carriers of parasite aircraft.
		Aircraft in special test program by authorized activities or on bailment contract where the configuration changes so drastically that returning to the original operational configuration is impractical or uneconomical.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/d/o/dob104/aviation/us/system.html (1131 words)

	Northrop Grumman - Sectors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The idea behind these wingless aircraft was that they could be returned from space and guided to a specific landing spot.
		The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation of Bethpage, New York, was one of the most important builders of military aircraft in the 20th century.
		Grumman's navy planes were legendary among the pilots who flew them.
	careers.northropgrumman.com /ExternalHorizonsWeb/company_overview/overview_history.jsp (354 words)

	Grumman JF-2
		Grumman JF-2: painted in winter camouflage; on board USCGC Storis [?] in Greenland fjord; no caption/number date.
		Grumman J2F-6: Byrd Expedition, Antarctic, 7 January 1947; in water; no caption/number.
		Four (V-135; V-141; V-144; and V-146) were traded to the Navy in exchange for four N3N-3's during the Coast Guard's pre-war increase in the number of pilot trainees entering the preliminary flight school at Charleston.
	www.uscg.mil /history/WEBAIRCRAFT/AC_Grumman_JF2.html (332 words)

	NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION - COLLECTIONS - AIRCRAFT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Grumman's F8F Bearcat, on which work began in 1943, embodied the ideal counter to the Japanese suicide planes.
		A propeller-driven aircraft in the jet age, the F8F's days were numbered, and in 1949 they were withdrawn from front-line service.
		However, the aircraft lived on overseas, where it equipped French and South Vietnamese squadrons during the war in Indochina, and as an air racer, capturing nine of the first twelve National Air Races in Reno, NV.
	broadcast.illuminatedtech.com /display/story.cfm?bp=92&sid=7974 (343 words)

	Grumman Martlet Mk I - The Air Combat Wiki
		With the war breaking out in Europe in 1939, Grumman approached the French and British governments with the offer to sell them some of the new F3F-3 Wildcat fighters that were being built for the US Navy.
		The French Navy ordered 81 aircraft with the intention of using them on their aircraft carriers, one of which had been completed.
		Martlets went on to serve the Royal Navy throughout the remainder of the war, particularly in the Mediterranean in 1942.
	wikipedia.ketsujin.com /index.php/Grumman_Martlet_Mk_I (547 words)

	Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation at AllExperts
		Grumman designed the first practical floats with a retractable landing gear for the Navy, and this launched Grumman into the aviation market.
		Grumman's first jet plane, the F9F Panther, became operational in 1949, but the company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and in the 1970s with the F-14 Tomcat.
		Grumman were also the chief contractor on the Apollo Lunar Module that landed men on the moon.
	en.allexperts.com /e/g/gr/grumman_aircraft_engineering_corporation.htm (510 words)

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		Northrop's induction will take place at the annual ceremony in May. The humble beginnings of Grumman Corporation’s six-man operation in a small garage in Baldwin, NY gave birth to one of the most important military aircraft builders of the century.
		Grumman produced more than 12,000 planes between June 1942 and November 1945, the largest number of fighters ever made in a single aircraft factory.
		Grumman has been the recipient of many awards and distinctions for his contributions to the aviation industry, including the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1945, the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1948, and the Frank M. Hawks Memorial Award in 1958.
	www.invent.org /images/images_hof/induction/docs/Grumman.doc (712 words)

	The Grumman J2F Duck - USA
		Grumman delivered the XJF-1 to the NAS Anacostia on May 4, 1933 for testing and evaluation.
		Grumman changed the rudder and elevators to a more rectangular shape and redelivered the XJF-1 to the Navy in early 1934 where it was again accepted for evaluation.
		A somewhat less noticeable difference was the change to a Wright 1820 "Cyclone" engine which resulted in a much narrower chord for the engine cowling.
	www.aviation-history.com /grumman/j2f.html (1642 words)

	Grumman Aircraft
		Grumman's first contract with the Navy was to produce a new amphibious float (model G-1)for floatplanes.
		Grumman did well in both the civil and military markets after World War II, developing Gulfstream executive aircraft, the F-14 Tomcat and the Apollo Lunar Lander.
		By the early 1990's there was no place left for a smaller successful aircraft aircraft and Grumman was acquired by Northrop to form Northrop Grumman.
	www.shanaberger.com /grumman.htm (169 words)

	Grumman F8F Bearcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		To achieve these capabilities for the two XF8F-1 prototypes ordered on 27 November 1943, Grumman adopted the big R-2800 Double Wasp that had been used to power the F6F and F7F, but ensured that the smallest and lightest possible airframe was designed toaccommodate the specified armament, armour and fuel.
		Grumman had more than achieved the specification requirements, but also crowned this by starting delivery of production aircraft in February 1945, only six months after the first flight of the prototype.
		Grumman, however, favored a lighter and more maneuverable design more like the German Focke Wulf Fw 190, of which a captured example was flown by Grumman test pilot Bob Hall in England.
	www.kotfsc.com /aviation/f8f.htm (1369 words)

	Complete History of Marathon Boat Group - Canoes Sales (canoeing, boating, motor and outboard, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		During the early sixties, Grumman expanded its stretch formed boat line to include several new models, the longest of which measured 19 feet with a beam amidships of 8 feet.
		Grumman Boats was purchased by the Outboard Marine Corporation in March of 1990.
		OMC sold its Grumman plants in Arkansas, Wisconsin and all of its Marathon, NY holdings with the exception of the South Street Plant where it continued to produce Grumman canoes only as a part of OMC’s Aluminum Boat Group.
	www.marathonboat.com /history2.htm (1162 words)

	NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION - COLLECTIONS - AIRCRAFT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At one time during the war, Grumman was delivering a "Hellcat" at the rate of one per hour around the clock for a grand total of 12,275 deliveries from 1942 to 1945.
		David McCampbell (Navy's leading ace with 34 aerial kills and 20 on the ground) accounts for seven aircraft from a flight of 80 in a single encounter; and, later attacked a flight of 60 aircraft with a single wingman, shooting down nine while his wingman accounted for 7 others.
		The aircraft is painted in WW II colors of VF-31 assigned to the USS Cabot, and reflects the fourteen aerial kills made by LTJG Ray Hawkins prior to his 22nd birthday.
	broadcast.illuminatedtech.com /display/story.cfm?bp=98&sid=8004 (444 words)

	Long Island Business News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The staff was working on a crashdamaged amphibian aircraft, towed in with Roy Grummanï¾’s car from the Catskills, down to New York City and across the 59th Street Bridge to Baldwin.
		The Grumman Mallard was the third amphibian aircraft produced for the commercial market by Grumman, after the Goose and the Widgeon.
		Many scientists and engineers of the time didnï¾’t believe it was possible to design and build space vehicles and then take humans to the moon, especially within the short 10 years called for by President John F. Kennedy.
	www.libn.com /LIBNAT50.CFM?id=4633 (1937 words)

	Northrop Grumman - Northrop Grumman Foundation's Weightless Flights of Discovery
		The Northrop Grumman Foundation Weightless Flights of Discovery program is designed to inspire students to pursue science and technical careers by inspiring their teachers first.
		By focusing the Weightless Flights program on teachers rather than students, Northrop Grumman was able to achieve maximum “reach” for the lessons of its microgravity “high school,” delivering inspiration to an estimated 10,000 elementary, middle school and high school students in the first year alone.
		At the “top” of the parabola, the aircraft is “pushed over” into a controlled descent that creates a temporary zero-gravity environment.
	www.northropgrumman.com /community/weightless.html (1350 words)

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		HARP is based in historic Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field, built by the Navy in WW2 to house squadron VRF-4, whose mission was to deploy and ferry the Navy's seaplanes.
		Grumman Aircraft Engineering (now Northrop Grumman) was the chief supplier of naval combat aircraft in WW2 and their planes, particularly the F6F "Hellcat" were beloved by Navy ferry and combat pilots.
		Grumman's chief sub-contractor, Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, deserves special mention for their stunning transformation of auto assembly plants to aircraft production.
	kerrdrill.tripod.com /id8.html (511 words)

	The Newberry Library: Smith Center Publications
		Our first was printed in the 5 January 1953 edition of Life, and is an advertisement for the Grumman aircraft engineering company; however, the connection between the commercial agenda of the corporation and the continuation of the Cold War is in this case explicitly illustrated through allusion to a fantasy-possible bombing of the Soviet Union.
		Grumman would have been unlikely to expect the ordinary reader to buy any of its products directly, though in Grumman's case, the public would have understood at once what those products were.
		Almost certainly, Grumman's imagined it would do no harm to have the voters on its side when it came to decisions over military appropriations.
	www.newberry.org /smith/slidesets/vs1.html (2189 words)

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