Author Topic: A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever... (Read 1303 times)

Shuckins · « **on:** May 22, 2006, 05:17:48 PM »

...or "This is something we can all appreciate and agree on." We all love classic warbird iron.

Debonair · « **Reply #1 on:** May 22, 2006, 05:30:50 PM »

something i've wondered about bearcats, would it have absorbed punishment like other "Grumman Iron Works" planes...

Airscrew · « **Reply #2 on:** May 22, 2006, 06:25:39 PM »

we've been cheated, theres at least two more bearcats in that second picture, were are their pictures

Hangtime · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2006, 06:44:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Debonair
something i've wondered about bearcats, would it have absorbed punishment like other "Grumman Iron Works" planes...

By all accounts, the airplane was every bit as tuff as it's legendary predecessors.. and the grumman birds that came along afterwards were also rugged aircraft. While it didn't do combat for the Navy, it did in french hands get a stellar war record in the 1950's.

here's a real nice article on flying a survivor.

http://avweb.com/news/columns/182122-1.html

Debonair · « **Reply #4 on:** May 22, 2006, 07:08:26 PM »

i've read a bit about that, but not enough to know too much, thanx

French_F8F_Bearcat_Indochina_ c_1954.jpg

storch · « **Reply #5 on:** May 22, 2006, 07:36:17 PM »

it is beautiful as well as being the epitome of piston engined fighter technology.

midnight Target · « **Reply #6 on:** May 22, 2006, 07:58:12 PM »

Great Idea

SaburoS · « **Reply #7 on:** May 23, 2006, 04:50:15 AM »

Amazing thing is how small the F8F appears next to the F6F.

Vulcan · « **Reply #8 on:** May 23, 2006, 05:56:01 AM »

Meh, its just another Focke Wulf wannabe...

FiLtH · « **Reply #9 on:** May 23, 2006, 08:08:57 AM »

Argh..that F4U looks mean in blue, but that pink job looks like its trying to coursty while wearing a pink tutu...with spindly little legs as well.

midnight Target · « **Reply #10 on:** May 23, 2006, 08:13:32 AM »

Not an F4U, but an F2G2... 28 cyl. engine, 15 total ever produced and had a 7k ROC. (thanks GTO) It is in Reno racing colors.

lazs2 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 23, 2006, 08:22:25 AM »

yep if ol kurt woulda known how to build an airplane he woulda built the Bearcat. It did everything better than the FW series and didn't catch fire either. Fuel injection on a plane that might get hit by fast moving bits of metal is a really really bad idea. Germans were the best at bailing out tho..

lazs

Hap · « **Reply #12 on:** May 23, 2006, 08:26:14 AM »

great pic

~~hap~~

Airscrew · « **Reply #13 on:** May 23, 2006, 10:33:51 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
yep if ol kurt woulda known how to build an airplane he woulda built the Bearcat. It did everything better than the FW series and didn't catch fire either. Fuel injection on a plane that might get hit by fast moving bits of metal is a really really bad idea. Germans were the best at bailing out tho..
lazs

Jees Laz why dont you just poke the luffwable guys in the eye with a sharp stick, that has the same result as those words above

Hangtime · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2006, 11:08:24 AM »

He is correct. The truth often is a sharp stick.

Author Topic: A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever... (Read 1303 times)

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