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 ...

However, the Navy liked what it saw and in October 1944 ... twenty-eight surviving F8F Bearcats were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Air Force and entered service in 1956.

A U.S. Navy Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat of Fighter Squadron 7A (VF-7A) after landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Leyte (CV-32), in 1947. VF-7A was assigned Carrier Air Group 7 (CVAG-7) aboard 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 ...

Navy officials at NAS Jacksonville initiated ... evening preparing for a future trip to New York to pick up their new F8F aircraft from the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation factory ...

The static display of an F8F Grumman Bearcat fighter in Blue Angels ... played a role in his successful 21-year career as a Navy fighter pilot.

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 ...

404 autocannons in the F8F-1B wasn't enough to pique interest. Ultimately, the Bearcat's shining moment in U.S. Navy Service came not in combat but with the Blue Angles aerial acrobatic squadron.

(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 ...