Deployed by France during the Indochina War, the Grumman F8F Bearcat flew more than 60,000 missions in brutal conditions.

Six Grumman F8F Bearcats were deployed to defend Dien Bien Phu, striking from a newly built airstrip of 22,800 steel plates. Outnumbered and bombarded by 80,000 Viet Minh troops, the aircraft were ...

SOUPED-UP BEARCAT One would think that racing a Grumman F8F Bearcat would be very World War II-ish seat-of-the-pants stuff. But the "Rare Bear" will be using PI System software from San Leandro, Calif ...

OSHKOSH – Another “Only at Oshkosh” moment is set for this year’s EAA AirVenture Oshkosh. A news release announced four legendary fighter aircraft produced by Grumman will be among the highlights of ...

Aside from possibly the Grumman F8F Bearcat, the Hawker Sea Fury was the ultimate carrier-based piston engine fighter of the dying days of World War Two and the very early Cold War. With a massive ...

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Fighter Aircraft -- The First Carrier-Based Fighter: Vought VE-7 -- A Really Wild Cat: Grumman F4F Wildcat -- Twin-Engine Fighters: Grumman F5F Skyrocket and F7F Tigercat -- Versatile-and Long-Lived: ...