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Series Naval Fighters Number 68
Publisher/Brand Ginter
Author Steve Ginter
Format a4
No. Pages 97
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Books on aviation
Subcategory US » US Jet Aircraft
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This product was added to our database on Tuesday 6 December 2005.
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The two seat Grumman Cougar was one of the first swept-wing trainers to be put into service with the Navy and was also one of the first two seat version of a fleet fighter. Before this the new pilots were just given a lot of ground training and just given the keys.
This book covers all of the different uses of the trainer from the Naval Training Command to the combat mission it flew in Vietnam.
97 pages, colored front and back cover, over 204 B&W photos, 9 pages of diagrams and scale drawings, 6 pages of cockpit photos, photos of the Navy and USMC Squadron who trained, flew and deployed with the F9F-8T/TF-9J and 2 pages of model reviews.