If there is a piston-engined fighter plane that best embodies the definition of a hot rod, it would have to be the Grumman F8F Bearcat. Its small frame, powerful engine, and incredible handling ...
The Grumman F8F Bearcat was flown by the Blue Angels ... An early U.S. Navy and Marine Corps carrier-based fighter aircraft, the F9F was a straight-wing jet, and was used in the Korean War.