Grumman KurbWatt: The Long Forgotten Electric Mail Truck That Almost Changed Everything
10 Jun 2023, 02:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the end, only around 50 Grumman KurbWatts were ever manufactured, with 40 supplied to American post offices and a further ten to private energy companies
Another Revolution Could Reveal the Secrets of the Elusive Iranian F-14 Tomcat
8 Oct 2022, 00:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Should the near 45-year-long reign of the Islamic State end, the secrets of the Iranian Grumman F-14 Tomcat could finally come to light.
This Restored Grumman Mallard Flying Boat is Classier Than a Yacht, More Useful Too
14 Aug 2022, 17:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In its day, the Mallard was a serviceable civilian and occasional military transport flying boat with a capacity for up to ten passengers.
This American Navy Jet Never Got to Tangle With a Soviet MiG
16 Jul 2022, 05:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / From an outsider's perspective, it may appear like an inevitable epic battle of titans between the MiG Fresco and the Grumman Cougar was due.
This Adorable Grumman OV-1 Mohawk Could Shoot Down Jets, Sits Gate Guard Outside Museum
15 Jul 2022, 20:25 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Designed to replace the even smaller, cuter, but antiquated Cessna O-1 Bird Dog, the OV-1 Mohawk was one of Grumman's rare non-Navy projects
Forget Kitty Hawk, Long Island Was America’s True Cradle of Aviation
14 Jul 2022, 21:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / When studied more closely, we find that if Kitty Hawk was aviation's birthplace, Long Island, New York, was its cradle, and shows it
Grumman Molab: The Lunar Pickup Truck & Trailer Prototype You've Never Seen Before
10 Jul 2022, 05:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Today, the only Molab mockup stands guard over the Red Planet Café, the Mars-themed lunch cafeteria inside the Cradle of Aviation Museum.
Grumman F-11 Tiger: Never Shot Down Anything But Itself, Still Looks Great in Blue
9 Jul 2022, 10:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / the Tiger was a project that looked hopeful in the beginning but turned out to be something Grumman probably wanted to forget ever happened by its end
This Is the Last American F-14 Tomcat To Fly, Awaits a Full Restoration in This Hangar
9 Jul 2022, 07:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It's only fitting that the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York, would be the benefactor to the having two F-14 Tomcats in their collection.
1962 Restomod Van Hides Dirty HEMI Secret, Costs $110K
29 Jun 2022, 14:37 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / This 1962 Grumman Kurbmaster is a prime example of why you should never underestimate an opponent: you never know when you're going to get gapped by a HEMI V8
Grumman X-29: Just a Prototype IRL, Deadly Fighter in Ace Combat
2 Mar 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The X-29 project was retired in 1991. hat was until a small team of game devs from Namco decided the X-29 would be the perfect platform for a new game asset.
Grumman Boats, The World's Best Leisure Canoes With Fighter Plane DNA
23 Feb 2022, 16:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The aircraft-grade aluminum needed a minimum of maintenance to look shiny and new, a complete and total revolution in the medium.
Here's What May Have Happened if Northrop-Grumman Remained Two Separate Companies
21 Feb 2022, 02:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If Northrop and Grumman hadn't merged, and the two companies remained separate entities, would it have made a difference in the long run? Our opinion is yes.
Modified Grumman Widgeon Flying Boat Sure Beats a Wingless Speed Boat
12 Feb 2022, 08:33 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / y. One Widgeon crew even managed to locate and sink a German U-Boat off the coast of Lousiana on On August 1, 1942. This particular example isn't that one.
You Could Buy This Vintage Turboprop Swapped Float Plane Instead of a Private Yacht
7 Oct 2021, 19:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Before the conversion, the Goose most often left the Grumman factory in New York sporting two Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior radial engines.
Two-of-Few Grumman F9F Panthers Would Be Incredible in a Dogfight at Air Shows
20 Feb 2021, 10:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A pair of Grumman F9F Panthers are for sale, still in need of restoration. Panthers were used extensively during the Korean War.
1959 Grumman HU-16 Albatross Left Search and Rescue Behind, Looking to Retire
7 Feb 2021, 08:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Grumman HU-16 Albatross was designed as an amphibious plane, making it an ideal it an ideal piece of hardware for search and rescue operations