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The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engined, carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II.It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations.
This RF-8G Crusader from VFP-63 Det.2 is deployed with Carrier Air Wing 14 and displays the Air Wing's "NK" tail code. This RF-8A Crusader from VFP-63 Det.B, although deployed with Carrier Air Wing 5, displays the unit's own "PP" tail code and not the Air Wing's "NF".
Grumman F6F Hellcat - Carrier-based fighter; Grumman F7F Tigercat - Carrier-based fighter; Grumman F8F Bearcat - Carrier-based fighter; Grumman JRF Goose - Flying boat; Grumman J4F Widgeon - Flying boat; Grumman JF Duck - Amphibian shipboard spotter; Grumman J2F Duck - Amphibian shipboard spotter; Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger - Carrier-based torpedo ...
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Rare Bear has set many performance records for piston-driven aircraft, including the 3 km World Speed Record of 528.33 mph (850.26 km/h) set August 21, 1989, which still stands in this class, and a new time-to-climb record (3,000 meters in 91.9 seconds set in 1972 (9842.4 ft – 6,426 fpm), breaking a 1946 record set in a stock Bearcat.
In addition, the Grumman F8F Bearcat – a rival design that had also entered production – had performance comparable to the F2G, even though it was powered with the same engine as the original F4U. By the end of the war in August 1945, when only 10 aircraft (five examples of each variant) had been completed, further production of the F2G was ...
Small numbers of F7F-2Ns converted into drone control aircraft. The aircraft were fitted with a Grumman F8F Bearcat windshield behind the cockpit. F7F-3 Tigercat Single-seat fighter-bomber aircraft, powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W radial piston engines and featuring an enlarged tailfin for improved stability at high altitudes, 189 built.
During World War II, Grumman became known for its "Cats" (Navy fighter aircraft): the F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat, the Grumman F7F Tigercat and Grumman F8F Bearcat, [5] and also for its torpedo bomber, the Grumman TBF Avenger. [6] Grumman ranked 22nd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. [7]