F9F-8 Cougar Model Airplane

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Our F9F-8 Cougar model airplane is delicately handcrafted and made of the finest grade materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding, carving and modeling to its original form. Painstakingly and passionately worked by our master craftsmen on the F9F-8 Cougar model airplane's details, ensuring exactness and precision based on the original airplane.

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The Grumman F9F-8 (Cougar) was an American single-seater, carrier-borne jet fighter aircraft for the U.S Navy. It was developed in 1953 from the earlier F9F range of jet fighters. The Grumman F9F-8 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with swept-back wings powered by a Pratt and Whitney J42-P-8 turbojet which provided a top speed of 1110 kmh and a range of 1610 km. It was armed with four 20 mm cannons and a payload of 4000 lb of bombs. The first flight of the Cougar was on September 20, 1951. The first Cougars were delivered in November of 1951, a year after the debut of the MiG-15 and too late to see combat in Korea. But the Cougar, built as a stop-gap, became a successful design with 1,988 built. The last Cougar, an advanced trainer version, was phased out in 1974.

The F9F-8 Cougar was the final fighter version. It featured an 8 inch (200 mm) stretch in the fuselage and modified wings with greater chord and wing area, to improve low-speed, high angle of attack flying and to give more room for fuel tanks. 601 aircraft were delivered between April 1954 and March 1957; most were given in-flight refueling probes, and late productions were given the ability to carry four AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles under the wings. Earlier aircraft were modified to this configuration. A number were given nuclear bombing equipment.