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 ...

Later the aircraft would be painted a bright yellow and named "Beetle Bomb." Another Grumman product, the F8F Bearcat, began flying with the Blue Angels towards the end of the first season for the ...