#F8F bearcat

[usafphantom2]

EAA members Todd and Kelley Whitaker took to the sky at the 2024 Central Coast AirFest in California, getting the opportunity to capture in flight the F8F Bearcat owned by Planes of Fame Air Museum.

@EAA via X

[thestonecuttersguild]

Oshkosh 2023

[thatsrightice]

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[lonestarflight]

"A U.S. Navy's Grumman F8F-2D Bearcat taking off from Chincoteague Naval Air Station at Wallops Island, Virginia, as part of a test involving an unmanned P4Y bomber being used in a missile test over the Atlantic Ocean."

Date: March 23, 1955

Norfolk Public Library: smc_mss0000187_x000085_012

[littlething2020]

Grumman F8F Bearcat, Repli de ses hautes jambes au décollage.

[hxans]

Spent a couple hours putting this together. Kiddo doesn't want the stickers on it and didn't care if I finished the stand or not.

[planesawesome]

Grumman F8F Bearcat

[usaac-official]

An F8F-1 during trials aboard USS Charger (CVE-30), 17 February 1945

[nocternalrandomness]

Grumman F8F Bearcat at Nellis AFB

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat 1088 G-RUMM BuNo 121714 United States Navy by Chris Murkin Via Flickr: Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat 1088 G-RUMM BuNo 121714 United States Navy Photo taken at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Cambridgeshire 13th September 2024 Battle Of Britain Air Show Fly in and Practice Day YYB_1614

[opelman]

1948 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat NX800H by David G. Schultz Via Flickr: Erickson Aircraft Collection

[usafphantom2]

Blue Angels F8F

@violetpilot1 via X

[thestonecuttersguild]

Workbench Wednesday.

I don't do these updates enough.

Bought a pair of Hobby Boss Bearcats at Oshkosh, 1/72 scale. I always build 72's as flying, so I spent a good amount of time gluing strips into the gear bay so that there is something to attach the gear doors to. These are pretty basic though, the wings and fuselage together are just two pieces.

[madkot]

Bearcat

[captain-price-unofficially]

US Navy Blue Angels display team flying Grumman F8F-1 Bearcats at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile in Michigan, 1946

[alex99achapterthree]

The Grumman Iron Works...

Grumman single-seat single-engine fighters. Service dates are front-line and reserve US service.

F4F Wildcat, 1940-1945.

F6F Hellcat, 1943-1952.

F8F Bearcat, 1945-1953.