Ingenious Grumman engineers on the ground figured out makeshift adaptations of the Grumman part of the ship, which rescued the mission from an outer-space disaster.

The Tiger was designed by Grumman engineers and was first produced in late 1974 as the 1975 model.

The air show, the first in Calverton in more than 20 years, was the brainchild of Joseph Van de Wetering, a retired Grumman engineer.

Mr. Muller's layoff day ended a boyhood dream of working alongside his father, Wilbert, a 30-year Grumman engineer, building fighter jets.

Like Mr. Horn, who is a retired Grumman engineer, the museum's 240 members are all volunteers who support it with contributions and sweat equity.

Slowly, the pressure subsided as Kevin silently thanked the Grumman engineers who had designed his F- 1 4.

He wrote segments for HBO's miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, in which he appeared playing a small part as a Grumman engineer.

A dedicated group of Grumman engineers, with Mr. Kelly at the helm, worked with NASA, studying different approaches to developing a lunar module.

But he is a former Grumman engineer, "so I can make the technical arguments," he said.

He is a former Grumman engineer who worked on the F-14 program.