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The Bearcat: Too late for World War II

The Grumman F8F Bearcat combined raw power, blistering climb rate, and superb handling into one of the finest piston fighters ever built. Unfortunately, it arrived just as the war ended and jets took ...
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Wildcat, Hellcat, Bearcat; The US Navy’s WWII fighter evolution

Three fighters. One war. From the stubby F4F Wildcat that held the line in 1942, to the deadly F6F Hellcat that crushed the Zero, and finally the lightning-fast F8F Bearcat that arrived just as the ...
Aviation Week

F8F Bearcat With State-of-Art Software To Fly at Reno Air Races

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, Calif ...
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Historic naval aircraft from the pages of Naval history magazine Norman Polmar

Fighter Aircraft -- The First Carrier-Based Fighter: Vought VE-7 -- A Really Wild Cat: Grumman F4F Wildcat -- Twin-Engine Fighters: Grumman F5F Skyrocket and F7F Tigercat -- Versatile-and Long-Lived: ...