Coolest Warbird Ever Built!!!!

[Jack Cook]

Forget everything else! It don't get any better that this!

F3F-3s of VF-5 in formation 1939
5-F-1 is B/N 1445, 5-F-2 is B/N 1446, 5-F-3 is B/N 1447

[cadet77]

They are cool biplanes. This example of an F3-F2 is at Planes of Fame in Valle, AZ.

[Glen]

Is that one of the three that were built in Fort Worth back in the Eightys ? got to see them being test flown next door to Chuckie Hanger . I understand that they were built from a model of one that had crashed in the late 30' s

[RickH]

Jack, I'm with you but think the Boeing F4B-4 would give the F3F a run for its money in the looks department.

The two place looks like Leroy Grumman's personal aircraft.

[sdennison]

Forget everything else! It don't get any better that this!

F3F-3s of VF-5 in formation 1939
5-F-1 is B/N 1445, 5-F-2 is B/N 1446, 5-F-3 is B/N 1447

Are they having s*x?

[Second Air Force]

The Blues and T-birds could take note of that formation--they definitely nailed it for the photographer!

Scott

[Jack Cook]

BTW that was .50 off of ebay

[Mudge]

OMG....If you look closely at Cadet77's first picture, you'll see the results of leaving a Spitfire in the dryer too long.

Mudge the horrified

[armyjunk2]

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Isn't the 2 place the G-32A that was with Bill Ross in the late 1960's ?? I thought it crashed with a fuel or oil cap problem. I rode in it when Bill owned it. It was the Hanger Queen.

Steve

[RickH]

Yep, it crashed but I thought that the remains were used in a rebuild as part of the Texas Airplane Factory recreations. There was only one two place as part of that series of aircraft if I remember correctly.

[Canso42]

It's okay Mudge, really. Calm down old boy!
Canso42

[Canso42]

Lone Star has a Dash-2 model. I think the reg.# is N20RW

Canso42

[Jack Cook]

ArmyJunk's pictures are of F3F-2 the earlier low powered 2 bladed prop version.

Jack

Do you have any battle history on the F3F

Steve