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Description
| Manufacturer: | Grumman |
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| Base model: | F9F | ||
| Designation: | F9F | ||
| Version: | -8 | ||
| Nickname: | Cougar | ||
| Equivalent to: | F-9J F9JF-9J | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | ||
| Designation Period: | 1922-1962 | ||
| Basic role: | Fighter | ||
| Crew: | Pilot | ||
| First Flew: | 1947/11/21 | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 42' 2" | 12.8 m | |
| Height: | 12' 3" | 3.7 m | |
| Wingspan: | 34' 6" | 10.5 m | |
| Wingarea: | 337.0 sq ft | 31.3 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 11,866 lb | 5,381 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 20,098 lb | 9,114 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 24,763 lb | 11,230 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney J48-P-8A | ||
| Thrust (each): | 7,250 lb | 3,287 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 1,208 miles | 1,945 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 516 mph | 830 km/h | 448 kt |
| Max Speed: | 647 mph | 1,041 km/h | 562 kt |
| Climb: | 5,750 ft/min | 1,752 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 42,000 ft | 12,801 m | |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Mike K. New York, NY | The F9F-8 Cougar that was formerly in Airplane Park at Wall Twp. is now restored and on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum as of May 21, 2011. 03/06/2012 @ 16:55 [ref: 53880] |
| Don Emery Columbia, MO | I was in Vt-21 1960-62--started to college at Texas A &I My wife and I visited the base about 5 years ago--no longer Marines at the gate-and civilians had replaced the sailors in the hanger as maintenance crew-- I was an AMS 2
and got an early out on Oct.12, 1962 07/10/2011 @ 19:52 [ref: 39960] |
| rinn rouen, TX | Trying to find any information about an accidenton on the 27th January 1956 at Kingsville .
The French pilot Jacques Etienne was killed on take off . Thanks for any help . 12/02/2010 @ 06:15 [ref: 33867] |
| Laura Silverman , GA | I am looking for Ralph Royer who was stationed at NAF Port Isabel, TX at least during 1958-1959. He was transferred to either Corpus Christi or San Diego when the base closed. At the time he said he was from Ohio, married with two kids. Ringing any bells for anyone? 06/29/2010 @ 14:56 [ref: 26745] |
| Bill Nicolow Hudson, FL | I was stationed at NAAS Kingsville from March 1961 through March 1964. I had the distinction of being the youngest E-4(AE) and E-5(AE) in the Navy at the time. I was assigned to the Combat Readisness Training (CRT) in the big Gooney Bird Hangar next to VT-21. We flew the R4D's and SNB-5's.
Such a kick reading the stories of others who also served at K'Ville. Yes I remember all the trips to "Boy's Town" across the border in Matamoros, Reynosa and Laredo. My most memorable events were as follows: Met former USMC Gen Joe Foss and Medal of Honor winner when he flew in to give a talk at A&I. He told me that he did his pilot training at K'Ville in WWII He said that there were so many birds in the air at one time that when one piled up on the runway half a dozen others would pile up too. Anyone remember a Mexi girl named "Gogi" who infected a number of sailors and was running loose on the base? Worst memory is the NAS Oceana TV-2 that crashed on takeoff with one of the tip tanks hitting the crash crew truck stationed on the runway and engulfing the vehicle in flames. I also remember the T2J's of VT-7 when they left South Field and transferred to Meridian, MS. Some said the runway in MS was constantly sinking. Although I only spent 4 years in the Navy and 22 in the Army, my fondest memories are those from Kingsville even though it was the hottest and most humid place I have ever been. Remember how everyone would come down with the Kingsville Crud?? The round colorless blotches on your neck from constant sweating. Hand in there shipmates..... 01/05/2010 @ 16:36 [ref: 25523] |
| Don West , FL |
****** FOR ED & RUSS ****** I was stationed at NAF Port Isabel, TX 1956-59. We used to host your junior bird men from K'ville and Corpus during their week of air to air gunnery traiing. They'd fly out over the Gulf and shoot at a banner usually towed by some hard ass LCdr who loved to chew them out if their angle was wrong and the rips in the banner where too long. All in all it was a good tour. I was a 23 year old, single, AD2 drawing flight pay (helo crew) and had plenty of money to spread around among the fair ladies of South Texas and North-eastern Mexico Did Twenty-two and retired as CPO...LIFE WAS GOOD! I'm 73 now, in pretty good health, married with two kids and three grand kids..LIFE IS STILL GOOD! 09/26/2008 @ 21:25 [ref: 22752] |
| Adam A. Novak AMH2 Saint Peters,, MO | I was with VT-7 on the southside of NAAS Kingsville until the squadron moved to Meridian, Miss. and I moved nothside to VT-21 for the remainder of my tour. I remember working the evening shift, mostly pulling tails or putting them back on the F9s'after the ADJs' worked on the engines. I was due to be released from active duty in Sept. of 61 but was involuntary extended for 6 months due to some crisis. I really enjoyed being in the Navy and the experiences led me to a successful career with Trans World Airlines and then with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Anchors Aweigh, Mates. 09/16/2008 @ 12:33 [ref: 22691] |
| James Dye Howell, NJ | I grew up in Wall, NJ and when I was a kid I used to play in a park that everybody called "the airplane park" because the main attraction was a 1950s era jet fighter that was stripped down to the fuselage and we used to climb on it and in it. This was in the seventies before people would sue over a scraped knee. In 1986 a crew from the USS Intrepid museum came and took the plane to the museum. Thats when I found out it is a Grumman F9F Cougar. In 1995 I visited the museum and I inquired about the plane. Turns out it was on the flight deck in pieces. The fuselage was on its landing gear and the rest was in a huge cart sitting next to it. The staff told me the plane was going to be sent somewhere to be restored but to this day I cannot track it down. Does anybody know what may have happened to it? 07/13/2008 @ 09:33 [ref: 21885] |
| Norman Richard Higgs North Ogden, UT | To any of you Cougar pilots and crews out there: I am trying to find, talk with and/or obtain any information from anyone who knew my father, James Richard Higgs, LTjg. He was finishing his pilot training (F9F-8).
He was killed on March 27, 1959 at the Naval Training Center at Kingsville, TX. He was due to graduate and receive his wings that very day. The info. surrounding his death, was due to an inverter going out during take-off. Please get in touch with me if you have any personal information, squadron information, etc.. Thanks Norm Higgs norm.higgs@yahoo.com 01/29/2008 @ 10:01 [ref: 19459] |
| Ronald Jeter Lone Oak, TX | Does any one know any thing about Tommy Lyon who went missing from kingsville naval air station about 1961
Along with his F9F He is my cousin i would like to hear from any one who was their, or knows any one who knows any thing about this 01/23/2008 @ 08:08 [ref: 19404] |
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