Naval Fighters Number Forty Grumman F11F Tiger

Great book by an honorary Naval Aviator. Well written. Flew the Grumman Iron works C1A and enjoyed the Grumman experience.

good value

A great reference of the development and deployment of the F11F Tiger as written by the top Grumman test pilot Corky Meyer. This book covers it from the need of a new daytime fighter for the US Navy to replace the F9F Panther/Cougar Series. In this book Corky talks about how this was not only a race against the Soviets to have top of the line aircraft out front, but for the Navy and some of its prime contractors (like Grumman) a need to beat the USAF with a better aircraft so that overseas sales could happen as well. From there we see pictures of everything from the various design changes during testing to Grumman pictures of field and carrier suitability testing, stories from the Grumman and Navy test pilots that shot themselves down with their own guns. To Fleet service and squadron histories of those squadrons that flew this aircraft for a short time until the Demon/Phantoms and Crusaders showed up on the flight decks. Also in this book is a very good walk around section with portions taken from maintenance manuals and aircrew training manuals. If you are a modeler then this book as like the rest of these series of books by Steve Ginter and his publishing house are worth it. If you aren't and are interested in an aircraft that disappeared quickly between the Korean War and the Vietnam era jets, then the history would be really good and worth while to get this book.

This is No. 40 in the Naval Fighters series. It is an 8-1/2" x 11", 144 page, square bound card cover. Color is restricted to the front and rear covers.The Naval fighters titles written by Corwin "Corky" Meyer are always a treat. Not only do you get some insider insights into the development process you get a very in depth description of the flight testing. Intended to be a stopgap supersonic fighter until the more advanced Vought F8U arrived delays in development led to it being introduced almost at the same time as that aircraft so production contracts were pared back.Meyer delivers the goods. You get a test pilot's view of area ruling, afterburners, weapons test where the F11F became the first aircraft to shoot itself down, spin testing, and inertial coupling. It becomes crystal clear why test pilots have such a high mortality rate.Publisher Steve Ginter finishes out the text with the squadron service history of the Tiger including their most famous unit, the Blue Angels. Plastic model kits are reviewed, the Rohr thrust reverser tests are described, and F11F survivors are rounded up. The book ends with 5 pages of black and white drawings illustrating Tiger markings. The lack of color makes them less than effective for this.There are some annoying typos in the text which is par for Naval Fighters. Most egregiously, "Allan" instead of "Alan" Shepard and "Peacemakers" instead of "Pacemakers".There is also the typical Naval Fighters extensive photographic coverage in this instance including many close up shots. There are also copious technical manual illustrations and a gorgeous two page cutaway drawing that has probably appeared elsewhere.This book is highly recommended for modelers and general enthusiasts alike.

Brief history on this aircraft and its units that operated this aircraft for a brief while- lots of pictures and drawings on this aircraft short history as a stop gap fighter

Für den Umfang des Buches (Softcover) äußerst ausführlich,bezogen auf die Technik und Entwicklung. Die Bilder teilweise nicht so gut.Die Einsatzgeschichte ist ebenfalls dargestellt. Für den Preis ein gutes, kaum besser zu machendes Buch.