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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: F11F Tiger (202 words) |
 | The F-11 Tiger was a United States Navy fighter aircraft of the late 1950s and early 1960s. |
| The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger was a single-seat carrier-based United States Navy fighter aircraft in operation during the 1950s and 1960s. |
| The F11F (F-11) Tiger origins can be traced back to a privately funded 1952 Grumman concept to modernize the F9F-6/7 Cougar by implementing the area rule and other advances. |
| F11F-1 Shoots Itself Down (385 words) |
| During the firing run the F11F continued its descent, and upon arriving at 7,000', the armor-glass windshield was struck, but not penetrated, by an object.. |
| Examination of the F11F established there were three hits—in the windshield, the right engine intake, and the nose cone. |
| The combination of conditions reponsible for the event was (1) the decay in projectile velocity and trajectory drop; (2) the approximate 0.5-G descent of the F11F, due in part to its nose pitching down from firing low-mounted guns; (3) alignment of the boresight line of 0° to the line of flight. |
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