J4F-2 Archives - Pima Air & Space https://pimaair.org/designation/j4f-2/ Creating Unlimited Horizons in Aerospace Education Tue, 24 Dec 2019 23:44:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Grumman J4F-2 https://pimaair.org/museum-aircraft/grumman-j4f-2/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 18:08:15 +0000 http://pimaair.wpengine.com/?post_type=museum_aircraft&p=999 Grumman J4F-2 (E-175) Widgeon The Widgeon was designed as a smaller, less expensive counterpart to Grumman’s G-21 Goose amphibious airliner.  First flown in June 1940 the Widgeon entered production in 1941 with over 50 aircraft delivered to civil customers.  The U.S. Coast Guard purchased twenty-five J4F-1 Widgeons and the U.S. Navy bought 131 J4F-2s.  The […]

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A picture of the Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon

The Widgeon was designed as a smaller, less expensive counterpart to Grumman’s G-21 Goose amphibious airliner.  First flown in June 1940 the Widgeon entered production in 1941 with over 50 aircraft delivered to civil customers.  The U.S. Coast Guard purchased twenty-five J4F-1 Widgeons and the U.S. Navy bought 131 J4F-2s.  The Widgeons served primarily as coastal search and rescue aircraft and as utility transports in the United States.  Early in the war a few were equipped for anti-submarine patrols and, in fact a Widgeon scored the first U.S. Coast Guard kill of a German submarine in August 1942.

Wingspan 40 ft

Wingspan
Length 31 ft 1 in. (unmodified)

Length
Height 11 ft 5 in.

Height
Weight 4,525 lbs (loaded)

Weight
Max. Speed 153 MPH

Maximum Speed
Service Ceiling 14,600 ft

Maximum Altitude
Range 800 miles

Range
Engines Two Ranger L-440-5 with 200 horsepower each

Engines
Crew 2 with 4 passengers

Crew

Manufacturer
Grumman

Markings
National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA), Langley Field, Virginia, 1948

Serial Number
32976

Designation
J4F-2 “Petulant Porpoise”

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