The Grumman F8F Bearcat entered service just as World War II was coming to an end, missing the combat it had been built for. Yet among pilots and engineers, it quickly earned a reputation as one of ...
Piston-engined fighters ruled the roost for thirty years. A brutal survival of the fittest ensured a rapid evolution of these characterful machines; the final fighters were over six times faster and ...
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 ...