Warplanes of the USA: Grumman XF5F Skyrocket, US Navy
Grumman XF5F Skyrocket (USN Photo) The Grumman XF5F Skyrocket was a prototype twin-engined shipboard fighter interceptor. The United States Navy ordered one prototype, model number G-34, from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation on 30 June 1938; its designation was XF5F-1. The aircraft had a unique appearance: The forward “nose” of the fuselage did not extend forward of … Read more