SH72232 Grumman FF-1 US NAVY Two-seat Fighter

The first flight was in 1931 with the first aircraft developed for the U.S. Navy Grumman Corporation. The body is equipped with main landing gear to be drawn into the side of the body are taken over by F4F metal structure was in the later Grumman fighters to take over the body, such as canopies and watertight seal afloat during the emergency landing.
 Was also used in the reserve forces until 1936 and then used by troops deployed troops from the aircraft carrier Lexington in 1933.

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• Grumman FF-1, Bu.No.9363/5-F-13, personal machine of the commander of 5th flight VF-5B RED RIPPERS, USS Lexington, 1934.
• Grumman FF-1, Bu.Nu.9355, personal machine of the commander of the 6th flight VF-5B RED RIPPERS, USS Lexington, 1934. This machine was in 1934 photographed at NAS Long Beach in California.
• Grumman FF-1, Bu.Nu.9359, machine number 3 from the 3rd flight VF-5B RED RIPPERS, USS Lexington, 1934. This machine was in Januari 1934 photographed at NAS North Island in California.