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Seven Grumman TBM-3D Avenger bombers of night torpedo squadron VT(N)-90 flying in formation in January 1945. The squadron was part of Night Air Group 90 on the carrier USS Enterprise.
The Avenger was outfitted with a powerful engine, the Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone radial engine, which generated 1,900 horsepower. With the Twin Cyclone engine onboard, the Avenger could achieve ...
The re-discovery, identification and documentation of Grumman TBF Avenger’s wreck, lying off the coast of Bambalapitiya, by underwater explorers- Dharshana Jayawardena, Keerthi Karunaratne and Manjula ...
A-12 Avenger II: An A Not F. Intended to serve aboard carriers, the flying wing wasn’t actually all that large– just slightly over 37 feet long with a wingspan that was only about 70 feet.
A TBM Avenger, the largest and heaviest single-engine bomber of World War II, will visit the Raleigh Executive Jetport in Sanford for one day on April 16.
PRODUCTION At Bethpage, Long Island, a trim new plane raced down the runway, lifted, climbed up, up, up almost beyond hearing, then peeled off into a grinding power-dive. Fresh off the assembly ...
The next-generation stealth bomber, under development by Northrop Grumman for the US Air Force, made its first flight on 10 November from the secretive Plant 42 industrial facility in the ...
Northrop Grumman has built the experimental XRQ-73 hybrid-electric flying-wing that it has been developing under a secretive US military project.
This Saturday, the Rocky Mountain Wing of the Commemorative Air Force Museum will open its doors for a special event featuring historic aircraft, including a Grumman Avenger TBM-3E Torpedo Bomber.
Ironically, the original Avenger was built by Grumman, a member of the enemy design team. What a wacky coincidence. With projected dimensions of 37 feet and ten inches (11.5 m) long and a 70-foot ...
The Avenger was outfitted with a powerful engine, the Wright R-2600-20 Twin Cyclone radial engine, which generated 1,900 horsepower. With the Twin Cyclone engine onboard, the Avenger could achieve ...