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  1. F-14 Tomcat : genèse, échecs et renaissance d’un chasseur hors norme - youtube.com/watch?v=t6d656B0X24

    > Le F-14 Tomcat est devenu une légende… mais son histoire commence par un échec retentissant. Du fiasco du F-111B aux combats en Iran et en Irak, en passant par la Navy et ses évolutions techniques, Frédéric Marsaly revient sur le destin hors norme de cet avion mythique.

    Fabuleuse émission ! <3

    #f14 #tomcat #grumman #aviation

  2. Grumman TBF Avenger blazes through the smoke with the angle of the sun making interesting shadows Capital Airshow, Mather Field, California March 2025 #airshow #TBF #Avenger #Grumman #Torpedo #WWII #Warbird #capitalairshow #aviation #AvGeek #spotter #photography #Nikon #nikonphotgraphy #CCA2025

  3. FM-2 Wildcat, Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors. This is an aircraft that should have become obsolescent during the war, with its magnificent replacement the F6F Hellcat taking its place with the USN fleet carriers; but the need for handy fighters which could operate from 'jeep' carriers in the Pacific, or off escort carrier decks in the Atlantic meant that General Motors turned out thousands of the FM-1 and the more powerful FM-2 version at the behest of Grumman. Capable of taking on a Zero, or attacking a U-Boat with 6 x 5" underwing rockets, the FM-2 was still useful at war's end. This example is taking off from Barnes Regional Airport, Massachusetts. #USA #USN #RN #Grumman #WW2 #Pacific #Atlantic #Zero #Hellcat #BarnesRegionalAirport #Massachusetts #avgeek #escortcarrier #aircraftcarrier #fleetcarrier #jeepcarrier #FM2 #FM1 #GeneralMotors #EasternAircraftDivision #UBoat #underwingrockets #photography #history #warfare #navalwarfare