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what is it?
The Grumman JF "Duck" was an American single-engine amphibious biplane built by Grumman for the United States Navy during the 1930s. The J2F Duck was an improved version of the JF, with its main difference being a longer float.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.9 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 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933
- introduced
- 1933
- number built
- 48
- role
- utility amphibian
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Grumman
- engines
- 1× Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
- crew
- 2
- length
- 10.1 m
- wingspan
- 11.9 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,613 kg
- top speed
- 298 km/h
- cruise speed
- 249 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,706 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q384406, Wikipedia: Grumman JF Duck (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.