1963 RARE ZIPPO GRUMMAN AIRCRAFT TOWN & COUNTRY LIGHTER

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This is a nice used "Hard To Find" 1963 Zippo Town & Country pocket lighter. The front shows the logo for Grumman. The enamel does show some wear. The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation , later Grumman Aerospace Corporation , was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. The company filed as a business on 5 December 1929, and opened its doors 2 January 1930. Grumman eagerly pursued contracts with the US Navy . They designed the first practical floats with a retractable landing gear for the Navy, and this launched Grumman into the aviation market. The first Grumman aircraft was also for the Navy, the Grumman FF-1 , a biplane with retractable landing gear . This was followed by a number of other successful designs. For much of the Cold War period Grumman was the largest single corporate employer on Long Island. Grumman's products were considered so reliable and ruggedly built that the company was often referred to as the " Grumman Iron Works ."During World War II , Grumman became famous for its Navy fighter aircraft , F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat , and for its torpedo bomber TBF Avenger . Grumman's first jet plane , the F9F Panther , became operational in 1949, but the company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the A-6 Intruder and in the 1970s with the F-14 Tomcat .Grumman were also read more

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