Grumman Aircraft Designers by Mike Ciminera - a video presentation

[overscan (PaulMM)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ta24OQw2TM


A presentation by Mike Ciminera based on his book The Aircraft Designers: A Grumman Historical Perspective

 

[hesham]

Great find my dear Paul,


specially those designs.

 

[Jemiba]

The upper one looks just like a free flight model of the XF10F-1 to me, with a prop in the nose,
as it needed some sort of propulsion.
The other one may be realted to the F11F Tiger.

 

[AeroFranz]

I chatted with Mike Ciminera at a conference- very nice guy. Of course I bought a copy of his book and had it signed on the spot. A nice touch is the inclusion of a poster depicting a timeline of a lot of Grumman projects. It's a worthwhile addition to anyone's bookshelves. I believe he's planning to write books on other companies. I was heartened knowing that someone was very proactively trying to preserve the oral tradition of aircraft designers.

 

[hesham]

Good news my dear AeroFranz.

 

[Stargazer]

I was heartened knowing that someone was very proactively trying to preserve the oral tradition of aircraft designers.

That's wonderful! Let many more like him do that while there are still some of them alive!

 

[fightingirish]

Maybe slightly off-topic, but this video was just uploaded today. B)

F-14 Design Evolution
A historical perspective of the evolution of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat design presented by former Northrop Grumman VP Mike Ciminera. Produced by Betty Wheaton and Jarel Wheaton for Peninsula Seniors http://pvseniors.org/_videos.cfm

http://youtu.be/SsUCixAeZ0A

http://youtu.be/SsUCixAeZ0A

 

[Sundog]

7.5g capability at Mach 2, now that's impressive! Thanks for posting the video, I learned a lot more about the F-14 as a result.