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    The Grumman F9F Panther is an early carrier-based jet fighter designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. It was the first jet-powered...
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    equipped with a swept wing. Grumman's design team decided to adapt its earlier F9F Panther, replacing the straight wing of the Panther with a new swept wing...
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  • Grumman F9F could be: F9F Panther - US Navy jet aircraft F-9 Cougar - fighter aircraft based on earlier F9F Panther This disambiguation page lists articles...
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  • F9F may refer to: Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter (straight wing) Grumman F9F Cougar jet fighter (swept wing development of the Panther) This disambiguation...
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  • Indiana Modesto High Panthers, Modesto High School, Modesto, California Eurocopter AS565 Panther, military helicopter Grumman F9F Panther, jet fighter used...
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  • production contracts. Grumman's first jet aircraft was the F9F Panther; it was followed by the upgraded F9F/F-9 Cougar, and the F-11 Tiger in the 1950s. The company's...
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    the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. After the war, he completed...
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    built under licence as the Pratt & Whitney J42, and it powered the Grumman F9F Panther. Its most widespread use was in the form of the Klimov VK-1, a reverse-engineered...
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    June 1951 when Cdr. George Chamberlain Duncan attempted to land a Grumman F9F-2 Panther on USS Midway in BuNo 125228, during carrier suitability tests in...
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    enticing. Originally conceived as a swept-wing version of the earlier F9F Panther, in February–March 1948, the design was reconfigured with a T-tail and...
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