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Grumman American Cougar Ga 7. Aviation photographs of Grumman American GA7 Cougar ABPic The company hoped this entry would offer the comfort and performance of a complex single-engine aircraft such as the Beechcraft Bonanza with the added safety of a second engine for pilots wanting to fly at night and over mountains. To attract pilots flying for business, then American Aviation president Russ Meyer wanted an airplane that could perform as well as a complex single, such as the Cessna 210, but have an extra engine to provide safety, comfort, and redundancy for flight at night and over inhospitable terrain

was purchased by Allen Paulson of American Jet Industries. The Cougar was a twin-engine development of the Gulfstream American AA-5B Tiger and traces its lineage to the AA-1 Yankee Clipper and the Bede BD-1.

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The Cougar is powered by a pair of wing-mounted Lycoming O-320-D1D engines of 160 hp (119 kW) Designed and developed by the Grumman American Company, production was carried out by Gulfstream American, the prototype being flown for the first time on 20 December 1974, the first production aircraft. Deliveries of the Model GA-7 began in February 1978

Grumman American GA7 Cougar Untitled Aviation Photo 2575530. A GA-7 Cougar on the ramp at Les Cedres Quebec, May 2005 The Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar is an American all-metal, 4-seat, twin-engined light aircraft Coming late to the twin party in 1978, the GA-7 Cougar was developed just before Grumman sold its general aviation interests.

Grumman American GA7 Cougar Untitled Aviation Photo 2569327. The Grumman American GA-7 was Grumman's first (and last) stab at a twin-engine aircraft The Cougar was on the market only seven months before Grumman American Aviation Corp