Improvements To The F4F and F2A fighters In Sight

JULY 10--The Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, approved a program of improvements to the F4F and F2A fighters being developed by Grumman and Brewster.

Most important were the conversion of the Grumman design from a biplane to the monoplane XF4F-2 prototype for the F4F Wildcat of World War II, and the installation of larger engines in both, which promised a top speed of 300 m.p.h.