Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft.
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11 Facts About Grumman
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Leroy Grumman worked for the Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation beginning in 1920.
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Grumman designed the first practical floats with a retractable landing gear for the Navy, and this launched Grumman into the aviation market.
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The first Grumman aircraft was for the Navy, the Grumman FF-1, a biplane with retractable landing gear developed at Curtiss Field in 1931.
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Grumman ranked 22nd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.
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Grumman products were prominent in several feature movies including The Final Countdown in 1980, Top Gun in 1986, and Flight of the Intruder in 1990.
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Grumman built the Grumman LLV, a light transport mail truck designed for and used by the United States Postal Service.
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In 1983, Grumman sold Flxible for $40 million to General Automotive Corporation of Ann Arbor.
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In 1978, Grumman sold Gulfstream to American Jet Industries, which adopted the Gulfstream name.
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Grumman's products were considered so reliable and ruggedly built that the company was often referred to as the "Grumman Iron Works".
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