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FotoImages - Aircraft Data
Grumman F3F-2

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F3F-2
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F3F-2
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The F3F was the last biplane interceptor to operate from the deck of an American carrier. The production run of 162 a/c served with frontline Navy and Marine Corps units between 1936 and 1941. Many of the Navy's most influential fighter leaders of WW2 "cut their teeth" operationally in the F3F in the years leading up to 1941

General:

Type: Fighter

Crew: 1

Seating: 1

First Flight: 20/Mar/1935

Specifications

Propulsion

Performance

Length:

Height:

Wingspan:

Empty Weight:

Gross Weight:

23' 0"

9' 4"

32' 0"

3254 lbs.

4750 lbs.

No. Engines:

Horsepower:

Power plant:

750 hp

Wright R-1820-22 Cyclone

Range:

Speed (max):

Speed (cruise):

Climb:

Ceiling:

1130 miles

270 mph

- mph

- ft/sec

- ft

Armament:

2x.30cal Browning machineguns plus provisions for 2x116 lb bombs.