Grumman F3F
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The Grumman F3F is a biplane fighter aircraft produced by the Grumman aircraft for the United States Navy during the mid-1930s. Designed as an improvement on the F2F, it entered service in 1936 as the last biplane to be delivered to any American military air arm. It was retired from front line squadrons at the end of 1941 before it could serve in World War II, and replaced by the Brewster F2A Buffalo. The F3F, which inherited the Leroy Grumman-designed retractable main landing gear configuration first used on the Grumman FF, served as the basis for a biplane design ultimately developed into the much more successful F4F Wildcat that succeeded the subpar Buffalo.
F3F-3 assigned to Naval Air Station Anacostia
The better known F4F Wildcat of World War II was a monoplane development of an improved F3F biplane design. This XF4F-3 prototype clearly shows the family lines.
G-22 Gulfhawk II at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum
Grumman FF
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The Grumman FF "Fifi" was an American biplane fighter aircraft operated by the United States Navy during the 1930s. It was the first carrier aircraft with retractable landing gear. It was produced under licence in Canada and known as the Goblin in Canadian service and Delfín in Spanish service.
Grumman FF-1 of U.S Navy Squadron VF-5B
Post-war Spanish GE-23 Delfin "Pedro Rico"
Grumman Goblins of 118 Sqn RCAF near Dartmouth N.S. in 1941