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The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engined, carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. ... Empty weight: 7,650 lb (3,470 kg)
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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.
Grumman Ag Cat; Grumman Albatross; Grumman Avenger [41] Grumman F8F Bearcat [42] [43] Grumman F9F Cougar [44] Grumman Goose [45] Grumman AF Guardian [46] Grumman Hellcat; Grumman F9F Panther [47] Grumman F7F Tigercat [48] Grumman Widgeon; Grumman Wildcat [43]
Today piston engines are used almost exclusively on light, general aviation aircraft. The official speed record for a piston plane was held by a modified Grumman F8F Bearcat, the Rare Bear, with a speed of 528.315 mph (850.241 km/h) on 21 August 1989 at Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
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 ...
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RTAF Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat. North American F-86L Sabre of the RTAF in flight. Royal Thai Air Force T-33A.