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Variants
Company designation for F3F-1 carrier-borne fighters.
XF3F-1
Three prototypes of the F3F, powered by a single 700 hp (520 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1535-84 Twin Wasp Junior
F3F-1
Initial production version for the US Navy, 54 built.
G-19
Company designation for the F3F-2 fighters.
XF3F-2
A single prototype of the refined F3F-3, powered by a single 850 hp (630 kW) Wright XR-1820-22 Cyclone G
F3F-2
Second production model for the US Navy, powered by a single 950 hp (710 kW) Wright R-1820-22 Cyclone, 81 built.
XF3F-3
A single prototype of the F3F-3 with curved windshield and new cowling converted from an F3F-2.
F3F-3
Final production variant for the US Navy, 27 built.
G-22 Gulfhawk II
A single hybrid F2F/F3F, powered by a 1,000 hp (750 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone, for Al Williams, sponsored by the Gulf Oil Company for demonstration flights and aerobatic displays. The G-22 Gulfhawk II was retired to the National Air & Space museum (NASM) in October 1948.
G-32 / G-32A Gulfhawk III
A civilian version of the F3F, powered by a 1,000 hp (750 kW) Wright R-1820 Cyclone. Two aircraft were built, one for Grumman Aircraft Company and the second, Red Ship, for Al Williams as the G-32A Gulfhawk III
C-103
Both G-32 aircraft were impressed into the USAAF in 1942; Williams Gulfhawk III was destroyed in a crash in Florida and the second survived till 1971 when it crashed after being abandoned due to an inflight fire.
Sources:
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