The Grumman F7F Tigercat is a heavy fighter aircraft that served with the United States Navy (USN) and United States Marine Corps (USMC) from late in World War II until 1954. It was the …

The F7F-1 aircraft went into production in April of 1944, but the Midway-class carriers had not yet been completed, so the first Tigercats were given to the US Marine Corps. Only 35 of these …

The F7F-1 was the name of the first model; it would be permanently called the Tigercat. Originally it was to be called the “Tomcat,” but this name was rejected, and “Tigercat” was then submitted.

The F7F-1N, developed specifically as a carrier night fighter, was a single-seat aircraft, while the -2N, -3N, and -4N models were two-seaters. The “straight” F7F-1 was intended to operate in …

The F7F-1 proved to have an impressive climb rate -- at low altitudes, it could outclimb an F6F Hellcat or F4U Corsair -- and was surprisingly agile for a machine of its size, one pilot claiming …

Jul 28, 2023 · Originally designated as the XF7F-1, it took its maiden flight on December 2, 1943. Although the war concluded before it could make its operational debut, the Tigercat remained …

The XP-65 project was canceled before any aircraft were built, but the Navy version became the XF7F-1 and went into production as the F7F "Tigercat." Two XF7F-1s were ordered on 30 June...

The XF7F-1 Tigercat was unusual for a fighter, with its shoulder-mounted wings, twin underwing-mounted engines, all-metal construction and tricycle landing gear. Before the prototype even …

Ordered in 1941, the Grumman F7F "Tigercat" was the Navy's first twin-engine fighter design to be built in production quantities and the first to incorporate tricycle landing gear.