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	F8F Bearcat
		The F8F prototypes were ordered in November 1943 and first flew on 21 August, 1944, a mere nine months later.
		A fairly large number of Bearcats survive; approximately eleven are airworthy, eight are restored for display and approximately a dozen are wrecks or restoration projects.
		Bearcats have been fairly popular in air racing, and one, the Rare Bear owned by Lyle Shelton is the holder of the record as the fastest propeller-driven aircraft in the world at 528.33 mph (850.26 km/h), set in 1989.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/f/f8/f8f_bearcat.html (343 words)

	Grumman F8F Bearcat
		Designed as a follow-on to the successful F6F Hellcat, the F8F Bearcat was 20 percent lighter and almost 50 MPH faster (421 vs. 376).
		The Bearcat was intended as an interceptor fighter, operating from carriers.
		Bearcats flew with the French and Thai air forces in the early 1950's.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/f8f_bearcat.html (594 words)

	Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
		The F8F Bearcat was first delivered to the Navy in 1944 for carrier protection.
		This was the 34th from the last Bearcat produced, and the youngest one remaining.
		This F8F-2 Bearcat was donated to the CAF on February 8, 1972.
	www.orgsites.com /ca/cafsocalphoto/_pgg5.php3 (317 words)

	Tom Philo Photography - Grumman F8F Bearcat Radial Engine WWII Fighter
		Grumman F8F Bearcat The late afternoon sun illuminates the Bearcat on the tarmac at Reno.
		F8F Bearcat Taken with a 24 mm Nikon lens, with a polarizer not designed to fit on it, which results in the vi netting effect in the corners.
		F8F Bearcat Taken from the 5 o'clock position of the aircraft to get the other side.
	www.taphilo.com /photo/pictures/bearcat/index.shtml (406 words)

	Grumman F8F Bearcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The result was the F8F Bearcat, which was often called a "hot rod" by its pilots for its fantastic acceleration and climbing ability.
		The Bearcat was the first US Navy fighter to feature a full "bubble" canopy, giving excellent all around vision.
		By 1956, the last Bearcats were taken out of service and stored or scrapped, having been replaced by the new age of jets.
	rwebs.net /ghostsqd/f8f.htm (390 words)

	What's a Bearcat?
		The Grumman F8F Bearcat is a WWII era aircraft.
		The Bearcat was the last, and perhaps the best, piston-engine fighter produced for the U.S. Navy, and was a fitting culmination to Grumman's World War II line of "Cats".
		The Bearcat was capable of a maximum speed of 447 mph at 28,000 feet.
	bearcatbuilders.net /cat.htm (155 words)

	Hobbycraft 1/48 F8F-1 Bearcat
		The Grumman F8F “Bearcat” was the last piston-engined member of the “Cat” family.
		Bearcats arrived too late to fight the Japanese; however, in the hands of the French and the South Vietnamese, they saw action as fighter-bombers during the post-war Indochina conflicts.
		Since the Bearcat was so closely cowled, it remains up to you as to how much detail you wish to add.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/korean/nixf8f.htm (1791 words)

	Bearcat got good reviews in limited use with Corps - Marine Corps Community for USMC Veterans
		The Grumman F8F Bearcat was “the ultimate propeller-driven fighter,” said retired Col. John Geuss, who flew the aircraft in a joint Navy-Marine Reserve squadron.
		The Bearcat was a cousin of the well-known F6F Hellcat and excelled in air-to-air action.
		Bearcats served in Southeast Asia with the French and Thai air forces and saw combat in Indochina in French hands.
	www.leatherneck.com /forums/showthread.php?p=209122#post209122 (567 words)

	F8F Bearcat Carrierborne Fighter - Military and Civilian Aircraft
		Though the F8F Bearcat entered the scene too late in the Second World War to be of effective use, it would go on to furnish the United States Navy with a capable weapons platform through the early 1950's.
		Refurbished F8F Bearcats were sold to France, which were then later acquired by the nations of North and South Vietnam.
		The Bearcat was so respected for its combination of speed and agility that it later became a choice aircraft among racers in various competitions.
	www.militaryfactory.com /aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=90 (377 words)

	F8F Bearcat
		This meant that it was a little bit too late for Bearcat to take part in the real air combat since USAAF and US Navy planes ruled in the air over the Pacific and the war in Europe was over.
		In 1948 the Bearcat was improved and 293 F8F-2s with 20-mm cannons, taller fin and rudder and other modifications were built.
		Although the Bearcat was devised and developed too late for operational service in WWII, it was used to great effect in combat in French Indo-China by the French Air Force.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/f8f.htm (668 words)

	Academy 1/48 Bearcat Racer
		Developed towards the end of WWII the Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat went from prototype to deployment in an amazingly short period of time.
		Bearcat production ended in early 1949 but not before being employed by 24 Navy squadrons and by the vaulted Blue Angels flight performance team from 1946 to 1949.
		In 1952 the Bearcat was removed from active service and many found a second life in other foreign Air Forces such as South Viet Nam, Royal Thai Air Force and the French Armee De l'Air.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2001/june/aviation/bearcat_racer.htm (2218 words)

	Bearcat
		The F8F had its outer wing panels removed and was utilized as a wind test machine to test the company’s helicopters.
		The Bearcat was the final development in the line of Grumman propeller-driven fighters started with the FF-1 in 1933.
		Work on the Bearcat began in 1943 with the object of providing a high performance derivative of the very successful F6F Hellcat that could operate from the smallest aircraft carriers, primarily in the interceptor role.
	www.pafw.com /bearcat.htm (374 words)

	F8F Bearcat Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Bearcat was designed as an interceptor fighter, with emphasis placed on excellent maneuverability, good low-level performance, and a high rate of climb.
		It used the same engine as its predecessor the Hellcat, but being smaller and 20% lighter, had a 30% better climb rate than the Hellcat.
		Its first flight was in August 1944, and while the first squadron of Bearcats was heading for the Pacific, the war ended before this excellent fighter could see operational use.
	www.daveswarbirds.com /usplanes/aircraft/bearcat.htm (140 words)

	Grumman F8F Bearcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		the F8F Bearcat was 20 percent lighter and almost 50 MPH faster with a top speed of 421 mph for the Bearcat and 376 mph for the Hellcat.
		The Bearcat featured a cantilever low-wing monoplane design, all-metal construction, folding wings for carrier operations, self-sealing fuel tanks, four 50 caliber mach- ine guns, pilot armor, a retractable tailwheel, and a eight- een cylinder Pratt & Whitney engine.
		The Bearcat's performance will have to be lim- ited to speeds and maneuvers that will only put about 80 percent of the stress that the aircraft was originally de- signed for on the airframe.
	www.aviationtrivia.homestead.com /F8F.html (1640 words)

	Netwings - La-9 vs Bearcat: Which Would Win...?
		That climb number of 4,570 ft/min for the F8F is a common climb rate given in various sources, and I believe it represents climb at Normal Power.
		But the true climb abilities of the F8F Bearcat were demostrated on 20 November 1946, during the National Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, when a F8F-1 flown by Lt. Commander M. "Butch" Davenport set an unofficial time-to-height record by reaching 10,000 feet in 1 minute 34 seconds.
		The exhibition of the capabilities of the Bearcat, as well as the new Ryan Fireball, was called Operation Pogostick.
	www.netwings.org /dcforum/DCForumID2/788.html (544 words)

	F8F Bearcat
		The Bearcat is often called 'the zenith of piston powered aircraft.' That is so true.
		Everything about the F8F was built up around the 18-cylinder radial, and when the prototype was completed and flown in August 1944, the results were incredible.
		One naval squadron received their Bearcats and were just about to begin operations when Japan surrendered.
	members.tripod.com /air_museum_ww2/id21.htm (332 words)

	ACADEMY 1/48 F8F-1 Bearcat Fighter: AC2186 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Grumman F-8f Bearcat was developed towards the end of the Second World War and was one of the most successful aircraft utilizing piston engines in the U.S. Navy.
		The Bearcat was conceived as a ship based interceptor plane, tasked to protect aircraft carriers from enemy aircraft.
		Bearcats also served with the Royal Thai air Force, which played an important role in the Indochina conflict.
	www.worldwar2aces.com /store/ac2186.shtml (234 words)

	Academy Grumman F8F Bearcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Grumman F8F was developed as improved carrier-based interceptor to help defend the ships from air attack.
		The Bearcat was withdrawn from US service in 1952 without having fired a shot in anger.
		Molded in light gray styrene, the Academy F8F is a reissue of the Hobbycraft kit, also previously issued under the Academy label.
	www.cybermodeler.com /hobby/kits/aca/kit_aca_f8f.shtml (291 words)

	High Planes F8F Bearcat 'Conquest I'
		Unlike most surplus Bearcats, which had their valuable R-2800 engines removed and were then scrapped, ‘646 was one of a lucky few that remained intact and flyable.
		The picture is mis-captioned as 1966 but it is clearly 1964, as that is the only year the Bearcat carried the “Goldwater Elephant” cartoon on the cowling.
		Planes Bearcats, we speculated on whether it would be more or less trouble to convert a Hobbycraft stock Bearcat into Greenamyer’s racers than to build these kits.
	modelingmadness.com /reviews/civil/mesnerf8f.htm (6227 words)

	Model Airplane News: Reviews - American Eagle F8F Bearcat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Bearcat plans show fabric on the flight controls, so I made built-up structures using 1/8-inch balsa cut to flight-control shape, 3/8-inch balsa LE and 1/8-inch balsa false ribs on both sides.
		I taxied the big Bearcat to the arrival end of the runway, advanced the throttle and simultaneously applied almost full right rudder.
		The Bearcat landed ever so softly on its mains, as I reduced power when the wheels were just inches off the runway.
	www.modelairplanenews.com /reviews/bearcat.asp (1764 words)

	PARKER INFORMATION RESOURCES
		The Bearcat was the last of Grumman's piston-engined carrier-based fighters.
		Only a few Bearcats had been delivered to the Navy when the end of the war halted production.
		At least 24 US Navy squadrons flew the Bearcat, some until as late as 1952, after which some were sold to the French Armee de l'Air for combat operations in Indo-China.
	www.parkerinfo.com /ap25.htm (1183 words)

	Hobbycraft 1/48 F8F-1 Bearcat "Blue Angels" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The SNJ was replaced in late January of 1949 with an all orange-yellow F8F-1 "Bearcat".
		A centerline pod was rigged to the F8F to hold the parachute-rigged dummy, smoke canisters were fitted to the tailhook well, and the show continued with the same routine.
		The cockpit area in the kit was quite adequate, with both side consoles and the instrument panel exhibiting correct instrument and control markings for a "Bearcat".
	m2reviews.cnsi.net /reviews/korea/cazf8f.htm (1520 words)

	Grumman F8F-2 "Bearcat"
		Stock F8F prop replaced with one from Douglas AD-1 Skyraider; had diameter of 13 ft 6 in and weighed 425 lbs.
		Since prop was some 11 in larger than stock one, and Bearcat was rather critical in prop clearance to start with, N1111L had to be taken off and landed in 3-point position.
		Stubby, avocado-shaped Bearcat, deprived of much of its vertical tail area and aspect ratio, tried to fly sideways if Greenamyer took feet off rudder pedals.
	www.aviation-history.com /garber/vg-bldg/grumman_F8F-1_c.html (2118 words)

	Grumman F8F Bearcat \| F-8F Blueprints \| Aviation History
		Grumman set about their task with such rapidity that the Bearcat was in the air on August 21, 1944-just ten months after the contract was approved.
		he Bearcat did not see combat in the colors of the U.S. Navy; but many of the planes, declared obsolete by the U.S. government, were delivered to the French for use in Indochina.
		The Grumman F8F Bearcat was intended as an interceptor fighter, operating from carriers.
	www.aviationshoppe.com /F8F-Bearcat.html (1087 words)

	Testors 1/48 F8F-2 Bearcat Kit
		They were highly maneuverable, had a fantastic rate of climb, could carry a wide range of external stores and could fly 1,830 miles with a centerline fuel tank.
		The Grumman Bearcat was the last piston-engine fighter to be used by the U.S. Navy.
		Kit includes decals markings to build an F8F of Naval Air Reserve, Glenview or the civil aircraft flown by Major Al Williams (Maj. Williams actually flew an F8F-1 which differs slightly from the F8F-2 represented in the kit.
	www.internethobbies.com /f8f2bearcat.html (148 words)

	AirVenture 2002, Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat
		The Bearcat was designed to replace the F6F Hellcat but just missed combat in WW2.
		They were enroute across the Pacific when the war ended on August 16, 1945.
		In 1956, the last Bearcats were taken out of service.
	home.att.net /~p.david.pride/AirVenture2002/AV2k_063.htm (48 words)

	HOME OF M.A.T.S. - The most comprehensive Grumman F-14 Reference Work - by Torsten Anft!
		The 1943 G-58 design was Grummans final propeller driven fighter aircraft and it was the finest piston-engined fighter in service with the US Navy.
		The first F8F prototype flew on 21 August 1944 and proved a rate of climb of 4,800 ft/min and a top speed of 424 mph.
		The last Bearcats were phased out in 1952 and thereafter only a few F8F-1Ds and F8F-2Ds were used as drone control aircrafts.
	www.anft.net /f-14/grumman-f8f.htm (203 words)

	The Bearcat flies again WWII's Kilroy Was Here
		About 10:30 this morning (01/15/03), on a beautiful Florida morning without a cloud in the sky, this magnificent war bird leaped into the sky as eagerly as she did 50 years ago.
		I was privileged to be at this private first flight along with Jim and Ann Fausz, the owners of Bluebird Aviation of Milton, Florida and representatives of Lone Star Museum of Galveston, the owners of the bird.
		Jim received the pieces-parts of the Bearcat a few years ago and, in a labor of love, returned her to pristine condition.
	www.kilroywashere.org /000-Pages/Bearcat.html (120 words)

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