The aircraft, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat (BuNo. 122674)-the last piston ... "We had aileron linkage problems, wing fold lockdown problems-the list is massive," McMahon said. "So we removed all ...

Taken during the Wings of Eagles Final Victory Air Show 1995 at the National Warplane Museum, the following clip shows three iconic Grumman Ironworks warbirds, the F8F Bearcat, the F6F Hellcat and ...

This is the story of the Grumman F8F Bearcat ... onto each Bearcat. Other weight-saving measures included installing four 50. caliber M2 Browning machine guns in the Bearcat's wings instead ...

Airshow performer and air race pilot Howard Pardue died on Wednesday when his Grumman F8F Bearcat crashed ... takeoff and collided with the wing of the Bearcat. The Corsair pilot was permanently ...