Grumman F-11 Tiger

what is it?

The Grumman F11F/F-11 Tiger is a supersonic, single-seat carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Grumman. For a time, it held the world altitude record of 76,939 feet (23,451 m), as well as being the first supersonic fighter to be produced by Grumman. Work on what would become the Tiger commenced in 1952 as a design study, internally designated G-98, to improve the F9F-6/7 Cougar.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 9.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,169 km/htop speed
• range 2,056 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 10.6 tmax take-off weight
• built 199made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 72 years ago, in 1954.
• 🏎️Top speed is 9.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,056 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.7× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1954-07-30

introduced

1956

retired

1961

status

retired

number built

199

role

fighter aircraft

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Grumman

engines

1× Wright J65-W-18

crew

1

passengers

1

length

14 m

wingspan

9.6 m

height

4 m

max take-off weight

10.6 t

top speed

1,169 km/h

cruise speed

928 km/h

range

2,056 km

ceiling

14,935 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.