Grumman's "Flying Barrel" by Buffalo1
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The Grumman F2F/F3F series of 1930s fighters didn't have an official nickname. Some of the naval aviation lads did give it the "Flying Barrel" nickname for obvious reasons. Although none of this type saw combat in WWII, they served on aircraft carriers until the summer of 1941. They were replaced by Grumman's monoplane F4F-3 "Wildcat."
This F3F-2 is another resident of the museum at Scholes Field in Galveston, Texas.
Comments (14)
stevey3d
Wonderful image! Great lighting and informative post! 5+
erlandpil
Again a good shot from you erland
Vik9740
apt name for it, w/ it's short round body
RodolfoCiminelli
Fantastic my friend.....!!!!
ontar1
Cool, excellent find and capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rawdodb
Beautiful Shot of the Navy's last Bi-plane.... You can still see a lot of where the Wildcat came from in thhis picture! Excellent!!
rainbows
A beautiful shot, thank for information too. Hugs. Diane.
Richardphotos
one of your best captures in the museum.it was to your advantage of nothing in the way
brigadier
Beautiful shot. I have got to get to that museum.
timtripp
great shot!
sirgugu
What about a barrel of wine? Good photo.
jocko500
yes I like this old plane. never saw one not even in a book. cool looking
debbielove
This is wonderful. What a great photo. And a lovely old plane. Great one. Well done.
junge1
Great shot of this beautiful classic Rog!