The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is ... 229 kn). Even so, the F3F was one of the very last American fighter planes pilots often chose to fly with the proverbial top dropped.

GRUMMAN'S FIRST FIGHTERS FOR THE U.S. NAVY WERE BARREL-CHESTED BIPLANES, known only as the F2F and F3F; they had no nicknames ... “The name ‘Grumman’ on a plane or part has the same meaning ...

Next, we move on to releases, with Aeroplane Heaven launching the Grumman F3F-2 “Flying Barrel”. The aircraft is available on the developer’s own store and on Simmarket for $28.95.

The first carrier aircraft The first American plane to take off from a US aircraft ... the Martin T3M and T4M torpedo bombers, and the Grumman F3F — the last biplane in service with the US ...