Detail & Scale is proud to announce the publication of its latest
book, F9F Cougar in Detail & Scale, Volume 2 in the Digital Detail &
Scale Series.

The renowned Detail & Scale Series continues with the newest title,
F9F Cougar in Detail & Scale, covering the development, history, color
schemes, markings, and details of one of the United States Navy’s
first operational swept wing jet fighters. Over the past 35 years,
Detail & Scale has published six monographs, 69 full sized volumes,
and, earlier this year, its first digital-only book, F3H Demon in
Detail & Scale. The Digital Detail & Scale Series now continues with
F9F Cougar in Detail & Scale, the most comprehensive and detailed book
ever published on this iconic aircraft from the Grumman Ironworks.

F9F Cougar in Detail & Scale continues the series focus on specific
aircraft details, including cockpit, fuselage, wings, landing gear,
engine and armament, but it includes so much more. It features a
detailed look at the developmental history of the F9F Cougar, that
begins with the prototypes, and continues with the F9F-6 in both
fighter and photo-reconnaissance versions, and the F9F-7
Allison-engined variant. Finally, it covers the ultimate F9F-8
variant in its fighter, attack, and photo-reconnaissance versions, as
well as the two-seat F9F-8T. This aircraft, subsequently designated as
the TF-9J, filled a training role with the Navy until the mid-1970s,
and was the only version of the Cougar to see combat when the Marines
used the aircraft in the Fast FAC role in Vietnam.

A comprehensive pilots’ report is included, featuring reminiscences
from five Naval aviators who flew every Cougar variant. The aircraft
details chapter, long the hallmark of the Detail & Scale Series,
covers the cockpit, windscreen and canopy, internal armament,
fuselage, wings, pylons & external stores, landing gear, tail and
engine assemblies. This chapter alone contains more than 130 photos,
mostly in color, that highlight every aspect of this important
aircraft.

Another chapter covers all of the paint schemes featured on Cougars as
they were flown by the Navy and Marines, including a section on drone
and drone controller aircraft. This is followed by a comprehensive,
10-section chapter on Navy and Marine squadrons that flew all variants
of the Cougar during its operational service. Finally, as with all
books in the Detail & Scale Series, a detailed look at all of the
scale model kits that have been released of the Cougar is presented,
including a preview of the two new F9F kits being released by the
Kitty Hawk Modeling Company in 2014.

F9F Cougar in Detail & Scale features more than 70,000 words of text,
over 400 pages, more than 530 photos, color detail drawings, and 43
full color aircraft profiles which accurately depict the Cougar in a
variety of colorful schemes.

The book is available now for the iPad and Apple Mac
computers running the latest operating system software and can be
purchased at iTunes here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/f9f-cougar-in-detail-scale/id896952095?mt=11
The book will be available in the Kindle format shortly.

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