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Find 774FM GRUMMAN FM 2 WILDCAT on Aircraft.com. View photos, ownership, registration history, and more. Aircraft.com is the leading registry for planes, jets, and helicopters.
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Click Here to find your Operating Cost. Find N774FM GRUMMAN FM 2 WILDCAT on Aircraft.com. View photos, ownership, registration history, and more. Aircraft.com is the leading registry for planes, jets, and helicopters.
View the original Grumman FM-2 Wildcat built under license by Eastern Aircraft as a FM-2. This historical aircraft has been fully restored.
Find N86572 GRUMMAN FM 2 WILDCAT on Aircraft.com. View photos, ownership, registration history, and more. Aircraft.com is the leading registry for planes, jets, and helicopters.
Derived from the Grumman-built F4F-4, our FM-2 Wildcat variant was manufactured by General Motors and featured several design improvements, including a modified tail, more powerful engine (Wright Cyclone R-1820-56) and a reduced number of wing-mounted machine guns to provide greater room for ammunition.
Production later switched to the improved Eastern FM-2 Wildcat (based on Grumman’s XF4F-8 prototype) optimized for small-carrier operations, with a more powerful engine (the 1,350 hp (1,010 kW) Wright R-1820-56), and a taller tail to cope with the torque.
2 sie 2020 · The FM-2 was built at Linden by Eastern Aircraft, initially alongside FM-1s. The FM-2 was the most-produced version of the Wildcat fighter. Eastern made 4,127 FM-2s for the U.S. Navy and 340 for England as the Wildcat VI.
