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Grumman Tiger

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Friday, March 4th 2011, 4:44pm

Grumman Tiger

While never really successful as a US Navy carrier fighter, the Tiger served as the mount for the Blue Angels for many years.

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Friday, March 4th 2011, 5:53pm

Sweet!
A real beaut of a fighter, so good looking and yet perhaps being as famous as it deserved to be.

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Friday, March 4th 2011, 5:57pm

I have always liked the Tiger's lines; I suspect part of the issue was that service-standard aircraft may have been underpowered; free from an ordnance load and external stores, they were certainly good enough for aerobatics.

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Friday, March 4th 2011, 6:37pm

Also the only plane to shoot itself down...

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Friday, March 4th 2011, 6:44pm

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Originally posted by Desertfox
Also the only plane to shoot itself down...


Really? I didn't know that. Have a citation for it?

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Friday, March 4th 2011, 7:01pm

Thanks!

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