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, ...

Grumman built this Bearcat as construction number D ... The fighter flew in the colors of F8F-1 BuNo.94996, an example of the type that once flew with the Blue Angels. The fighter made numerous ...