Today’s Top Pick is a 1945 Grumman American F8F-2 Bearcat. Have you ever gotten your airplane going as fast as it will go, with power, prop, and mixture settings just right, and imagined you ...

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 ...

Due to their small size, Bearcats have proved popular in air racing, and one particular Grumman F8F Bearcat – the highly modified “Rare Bear” – dominated the Reno Air Races for decades.

Rare Bear is a F8F-2 Bearcat first flown during World War II. Now under current owner Rod Lewis Rare Bear plane got a second life after almost $15-million worth of restoration. "It is one of those ...

WATSONVILLE — A World War II B-25 bomber, a P-40E Kittyhawk and a F8F-2 Bearcat are just some of the unique pieces of aviation history that will be featured at the 46th annual Watsonville Fly-In ...

Meet the Grumman F8F Bearcat – An Air Racers Delight – As a contrast to the large Gruman F6F Hellcat, which has often been described as more pugnacious than elegant, ...

Packing up to 4,500 horsepower in a muscular 8,700-pound package, Rare Bear is a radically modified, one-of-a-kind version of a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat. It has won more Unlimited races than any ...

The static display of an F8F Grumman Bearcat fighter in Blue Angels colors was a natural attraction to Al Taddeo, the last living member of the original Blue Angels team that was established at ...

Airshow performer and air race pilot Howard Pardue died on Wednesday when his Grumman F8F Bearcat crashed shortly ... 2004 in Texas when the Grumman FMF-2 Wildcat he was flying at an airshow ...

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 ...