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Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Guinn on September 03, 2001, 11:00:00 AM

I found this pic on the unofficial duxford webpage
 www.duxford.org. (http://www.duxford.org.)

For all you US nuts out there can you name them?

 (http://www.duxford.org/news/2001/07/images/grumman_formation_01.jpg)

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: funkedup on September 03, 2001, 11:21:00 AM

F3F, TBF, F8F, F4F, F7F, F6F
Yawwn   :)

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Zigrat on September 03, 2001, 11:47:00 AM

f8f is so sexy

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: oboe on September 03, 2001, 06:31:00 PM

Actually the tall tail fin on the F4F makes me suspect its an FM-2.

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Sundog on September 03, 2001, 06:52:00 PM

Now, if you're really good, name each model of the planes barely showing at the bottom of the pic  :D . I have seen all of those types here in the US except those F3F replicas. I would love to see one of those flying over here (In the midwest US).

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: funkedup on September 03, 2001, 08:13:00 PM

Oboe he said Grumman.  :)

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Widewing on September 03, 2001, 09:13:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Guinnwork:
I found this pic on the unofficial duxford webpage
 www.duxford.org. (http://www.duxford.org.)

For all you US nuts out there can you name them?

I'll try to be real specific.

F3F-3 (which I believe is a replica)
TBM-3 (Eastern Aircraft)
F8F-2 (note the tall rudder ass'y)
FM-2 (Eastern Aircraft)
F7F-4N (based upon the tall rudderand aft cockpit)
F6F-5 (Based upon the fact that the vast majority of surplused Hellcats were of the later -5 model.

My regards,

Widewing

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: oboe on September 03, 2001, 09:23:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by funkedup:
Oboe he said Grumman.   :)

Yes, he musta meant Grumman designed, and not necessarily Grumman built.

  ;)

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Karnak on September 03, 2001, 09:35:00 PM

Sundog,

4 Spitfires.

The left two ar MkI, MkII or MkV as they have 3 bladed props.

The right two are MkVIII, MkIX, MkIX, MkXII or MkXVI as they have 4 bladed props.

They are not visible enough to ID them any better.

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: AKSWulfe on September 03, 2001, 09:56:00 PM

There's two Grumman F3F-4s in that picture...
-SW

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Guinn on September 04, 2001, 04:46:00 AM

I dunno, i just thought u might like the picture  :)  being its from a UK airshow too you might not have seen em   :)

Not sure if any are replicas as Duxford is quite a large restoring company, if you checked out the website they are quite thorough and have a large collection of planes.  My fav museum in the UK and has great airshows.

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Guinn on September 04, 2001, 04:48:00 AM

They also have the "Sally B" B17 which correct me if im wrong was "Memphis Belle" in the film.

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Guinn on September 04, 2001, 04:52:00 AM

Hehe, ok cos that one was so easy, hows this from the same page hehe

  (http://www.duxford.org/news/2001/07/images/balbo_01.jpg)

[ 09-04-2001: Message edited by: Guinnwork ]

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: Guinn on September 04, 2001, 04:53:00 AM

hah!   :D

Title: Grumman formation, name them :)
Post by: straffo on September 04, 2001, 06:29:00 AM

a Vulcan plus a lot of scratches on the negatif/picture  :D