Commemorative Air Force - Today in history, on December 2, 1937, the Brewster Buffalo took its first flight. At the time, the prototype was known simply as the XF2A-1. It was designed
![Buffalo flop! The story of the Brewster F2A, the aircraft deemed superior to Grumman's F4F but that was totally outclassed by Japanese fighters - The Aviation Geek Club Buffalo flop! The story of the Brewster F2A, the aircraft deemed superior to Grumman's F4F but that was totally outclassed by Japanese fighters - The Aviation Geek Club](https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Buffalos.jpg)
Buffalo flop! The story of the Brewster F2A, the aircraft deemed superior to Grumman's F4F but that was totally outclassed by Japanese fighters - The Aviation Geek Club
![The Grumman F3F "Flying Barrel". The United States only competition to the rotundness of the Fairey Gannet. It would be replaced by the almost identically shaped F4F Wildcat, but were still part The Grumman F3F "Flying Barrel". The United States only competition to the rotundness of the Fairey Gannet. It would be replaced by the almost identically shaped F4F Wildcat, but were still part](https://external-preview.redd.it/RYA30JEC1XBCahX441eHE7w0EKNIPIZ7rBHG45tdl5w.jpg?auto=webp&s=c49f85529e370077193d9e35f5ef140f91323396)