Grumman engineers, led by chief Engineer William Schwendler, sought to fill a major gap in the low and medium altitude ranges for U.S. Navy carrier-based fighters. The goal was to create a small ...
The Grumman F8F Bearcat seemed destined for aviation greatness from its inception. Designed to outperform earlier legends such as the Mustang, Corsair, and its stablemate, the Hellcat, the Bearcat was ...
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F8F Bearcat: The tiny naval fighter that out-climbed the Hellcat
Meet Grumman’s F8F Bearcat, the ultra-lightweight carrier fighter built to give tiny escort carriers a hard-hitting, ...
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