Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat: Another of the Grumman &quot;Cat&quot; fighters, this is a Hellcat. This F6F-3 example arrived at Langley from Floyd Bennett Field in New York for the NACA early in 1943. After performing test work all though World War II, it was surveyed in 1946.

F6F-3 Hellcat

Grumman XTBF-1 Avenger: The second Grumman XTBF-1, this Avenger performed most of the developmental test work as the first was lost soon after its first flight. Arriving in the spring of 1942, the XTBF-1 was tested in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel that June and left the following year.

Grumman XTBF-1 Avenger

Vought F4U-1 Corsair: This is a &quot;Birdcage&quot; Corsair, so called for the canopy framing around the cockpit. Several F4Us were flown by the NACA , but this F4U-1 only flew at Langley for two months in 1943 before going to the U. S. Navy at Norfolk Naval Air Station.