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The Tiger gave the Navy a compact, sleek, supersonic day fighter armed with four 20 mm cannon and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough advanced in appearance, the F11F had a short front-line career. Its range and endurance were limited, and the Vought F-8 Crusader soon proved the stronger carrier-based day fighter. Only six fleet squadrons received Tigers, and the type was withdrawn from carrier fighter service after only a few years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tiger became far better known through the U.S. Navy Blue Angels. The team flew the F11F-1 from 1957 to 1968, making it their first supersonic demonstration aircraft and one of their longest-serving mounts. Its clean lines, afterburner and sharp handling made it well suited to formation aerobatics, even though its fleet service had been brief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the Tiger’s strangest claims to fame came on Sep 21ˢᵗ, 1956, when Grumman test pilot Tom Attridge accidentally shot down his own F11F during a gun-firing test. After firing the aircraft’s 20 mm cannon in a dive, the Tiger caught up with its own projectiles, suffered engine damage and crashed short of the runway. Attridge survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA total of 201 Tigers were built, including 199 F11F-1 aircraft and two more powerful F11F-1F Super Tiger test aircraft. The Super Tiger reached Mach 2-class performance and set an altitude record, but it did not enter production. Although the F11F was not a major combat success, it remains an important Grumman naval fighter and a distinctive bridge between the Panther and Cougar era and later aircraft such as the F-14 Tomcat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy are the stripes vertical?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eGreat question - and you're absolutely right that the U.S. flag is usually displayed with horizontal stripes. But in this design, we’ve reimagined the flag as an artistic tribute rather than a literal representation. We chose to depict the flag as if it were hanging vertically from above, similar to how it might appear draped at a hangar entrance or suspended during a ceremony.  This vertical orientation allows the iconic silhouette of the aircraft to really shine -with the red and white stripes running the length of the fuselage, it creates a bold, centred look while still honouring the flag’s spirit and symbolism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I Love a Hangar","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ S","offer_id":51469494911271,"sku":"1917936_474","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":51469494944039,"sku":"1917936_505","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":51469494976807,"sku":"1917936_536","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":51469495009575,"sku":"1917936_567","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 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