The Only Jet That Ever Shot Itself Down

In 1956, a Grumman F-11 Tiger test pilot fired his own 20mm cannon during a test dive, then flew forward through the bullets he had just fired moments earlier and shot his own jet down. The pilot survived the crash, and the incident remains the only confirmed case of an aircraft downing itself with its own gunfire. #f11tiger #grummanf11 #coldwaraviation #coldwar #militaryaviation