DANIEL,
     In a message dated 02-28-98 you wrote ...
>     Anyone out there have details and/or experience with the F-7
> Tigercat?  I've seen a model of one but am having trouble finding any
> more information about this plane.
    The Tigercat was the Navy's first twin engine tactical aircraft
 to be built in quantities and was the firstcarrier-based fighter to
 operate with tricycle landing gear. Although classified as a fighter
 the F7F-1 was designed to operate in a tactical ground support
 role for which it was heavily armed. It was produced in two con-
 figgurations: as a single seat fighter with significant ground
 support capability and as a two-place, radar equipped, night fighter.
 Too late to be operational for WW II, the Tigercat served primarily
 with Marine squadrons after the war.
      The Pensacola Museum's F7F was obtained from T.B.M., Inc. in
 Tulare, California in flyable condition.  There was was in flyable
 condition at the Knoxville, TN downtown Island airport for some
 time.
 Specifications:
 Wingspan: 51' 6"
 Length:   45' 4"
 Height:   17' 7"
 Armament:  Four fixed 20 mm guns, bombs and torpedoes
 Power Plants: two 2,100 HP Pratt & Whitnet R-2800-34Ws
 Performance
 Maximum Speed: 435 mph
 Cruise Speed: 222 mph
 Range: 1,200 miles
 Service Ceiling:  40,700 feet
 Manufacturer
 Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation.
   -=*  Jim Sanders  *=-
===
 * MsgView V1.13 [R028] * Yes, St. Peter. 1 a-turning and 3 a-burning...
--- DB 1.39/004487
---------------