The aircraft, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (BuNo. 122674)-the last piston-engine fighter designed for the U.S. Navy-is being restored from the inside out under the watchful eye of John McMahon ...

Four Grumman fighter aircraft (F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat) will be featured at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. The aircraft will be displayed on Boeing Plaza and flown in the ...

Today’s Top Pick is a 1945 Grumman American F8F-2 Bearcat. Have you ever gotten ... grew out of talks between Grumman officials and Navy fighter pilots early in the war—what we would call ...

(U.S. Navy photo) When Voris was tasked with forming ... started off flying the F6F-5 Hellcat before transitioning to the F8F Bearcat shortly thereafter -- as well as the personnel who would ...

Fortunately, the Navy's ranks swelled with accomplished combat ... transitioning from the Grumman F6F Hellcat to the new F8F Bearcat and going on tour around the country. With its popularity ...

(The F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat were the mainstays of the Navy in the Pacific during World War II, and the F8F Bearcat is generally considered the king of propeller-driven fighters, though it ...