what is it?
The Grumman F2F was a single-engine, biplane fighter aircraft with retractable undercarriage, serving as the standard fighter for the United States Navy between 1936 and 1940. It was designed for both carrier- and land-based operations.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.7 m wingspan
base stats
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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 2.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933
- introduced
- 1935
- retired
- 1940
- status
- retired
- number built
- 55
- role
- naval fighter
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Grumman
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1535-72 Twin Wasp Junior
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 8.7 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,745 kg
- top speed
- 372 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 8,260 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1550388, Wikipedia: Grumman F2F (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.