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The Grumman AgCat is a purpose designed agricultural aircraft which has been in almost continuous production since 1959. The Zippo is dated 1970.
Grumman Zippos
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was founded in 1929 by Leroy R. Grumman. Its first products were float planes sold to the Navy until W.W.II, when the company produced Wildcats, Hellcats, and Avengers. The Korean war saw Grumman's entry into the jet age with the F9F Panther. The Vietnam War saw the A-6 Intruder, the world's only All Weather Attack Bomber used by Navy and Marine Corps squadrons. The last days of the war saw the F-14. During the US Apollo missions, Grumman built the Lunar Module.
This 953 Grumman Zippo depicts the
Albatross, a twin engine amphibian utility aircraft used into the 1970's
by the Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.
See more Zippos: Vietnam War- Army - Navy - World War II - Ernie Pyle - USS Missouri Surrender - Brown Water Navy - Military or go to the Gallery Index
A line-drawn Grumman logo on a 1947 Zippo.
In
1994 the Northrop Corporation of California acquired Grumman.
See
Space Zippo
1953-54 Zippo with the town and country
hand painted logo.
1959 Zippo with the town and country
hand painted logo.
1966 Zippo with the town and country
hand painted logo.
1953 Zippo with a line-drawn engraving of the Grumman F9F-5 Panther, a carrier fighter jet used in the Korean War.
1967 Zippo with gold-filled Grumman logo.
Zippos with the colorful Town & Country
Grumman logo are highly sought after prizes by Zippo collectors:
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