Paper Skies Fighter Jet that Shot Itself Down: The Grumman F-11 Tiger story
TV Episode | 12 min | Documentary, History

Paper Skies

Fighter Jet that Shot Itself Down: The Grumman F-11 Tiger story

TV Episode | 12 min | Documentary, History

In a test flight in 1956 Thomas Attridge experienced an apparent bird strike in his Grumman F-11 Tiger, one of the first supersonic fighter jets. But he also experienced engine trouble followed by a complete engine failure and crash on ...See moreIn a test flight in 1956 Thomas Attridge experienced an apparent bird strike in his Grumman F-11 Tiger, one of the first supersonic fighter jets. But he also experienced engine trouble followed by a complete engine failure and crash on approach to the landing strip. The cause was a gun test followed by a dive that cause the airplane to fly into the path of the ammunition he fired. Written by David Foss See less

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Neil Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Forest 404 (I) (2019)
Dmytri Babenkov Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Paper Skies (2021)