The F8F Bearcat was designed to be one of the greatest piston-engine fighters of WWII — fast, powerful, and deadly. But when ...

Today’s Top Pick is a 1945 Grumman American F8F-2 Bearcat. Have you ever gotten your airplane going as fast as it will go, with power, prop, and mixture settings just right, ...

The aircraft, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (BuNo. 122674)-the last piston-engine fighter designed for the U.S. Navy-is being restored from the inside out under the watchful eye of John McMahon, the ...

Grumman F8F Bearcat Specs. The Bearcat was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W engine, rated at 2,400 hp for takeoff, while it had an emergency combat rating of 2,800 hp.

This is the story of the Grumman F8F Bearcat, World War II's greatest carrier fighter made lighter, faster, and better. To understand the full story of the Bearcat, one must know the details ...

Meet the Grumman F8F Bearcat – An Air Racers Delight – As a contrast to the large Gruman F6F Hellcat, which has often been described as more pugnacious than elegant, ...

The F8F Bearcat, Grumman’s last piston-engine fighter aircraft, was introduced at the end of World War II and served both the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps throughout the middle part of the 20th ...

The F8F Bearcat, Grumman’s last piston-engine fighter aircraft, was introduced at the end of World War II and served both the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps throughout the middle part of the 20th ...

Airshow performer and air race pilot Howard Pardue died on Wednesday when his Grumman F8F Bearcat crashed shortly after takeoff from his home field of Stephens County Airport in Breckenridge ...

SOUPED-UP BEARCAT One would think that racing a Grumman F8F Bearcat would be very World War II-ish seat-of-the-pants stuff. But the "Rare Bear" will be using PI System software from San Leandro ...

By Clark Pierce. Editor. The static display of an F8F Grumman Bearcat fighter in Blue Angels colors was a natural attraction to Al Taddeo, the last living member of the original Blue Angels team ...

Like a runner waiting for the starting gun, the famous Grumman F8F-2 (without wingtips) looks ready. Tyson V. Rininger After a winter spent licking the wounds from battles lost last fall, the Bear ...