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IRONWORKS

The Story of Grumman and its Aircraft.

Terry C. Treadwell

The company that Leroy Randle Grumman founded in 1929 has been linked with the aircraft of the US Navy since 1930. Grumman aircraft have been in every major conflict from the Second World War through Korea and Vietnam to the Gulf and Bosnia.

Their factory in Bethpage, Long Island, New York, (affectionately known as the 'Ironworks') produced some of the best carrier-borne aircraft ever made including the TBM Avenger (most successful torpedo bomber of all time), the Hellcat and Wildcat as well as the F-14 Tomcat and A-6 Intruder. Grumman-built Lunar Modules were used in the Apollo space missions and successfully landed men on the moon.

The Ironworks is a comprehensive history of the Grumman Corporation and its many aircraft, both civil and military.

This title is based on the original book published in 1990.