Grumman F8F Bearcat-Duxford Oct 2010

            Grumman F8F Bearcat  at Duxford Airshow October 2010

The Grumman F8F Bearcat (affectionately called "Bear") was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th century in the United States Navy and other air forces, and would be the company's final piston engined fighter aircraft.

Registration: G-RUMM, 121714

General characteristics

•Crew: 1 pilot
•Length: 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
•Wingspan: 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m)
•Height: 13 ft 9 in (4.21 m)
•Wing area: 244 ft² (22.67 m²)
•Empty weight: 7,070 lb (3,207 kg)
•Loaded weight: 9,600 lb (4,354 kg)
•Max takeoff weight: 12,947 lb (5,873 kg)
•Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W "Double Wasp" two-row radial engine, 2,100 hp (1,567 kW)

Performance

•Maximum speed: 421 mph (366 kn, 678 km/h)
•Range: 1,105 mi (1,778 km)
•Service ceiling: 38,700 ft (11,796 m)
•Rate of climb: 4,570 ft/min (23.2 m/s)
•Wing loading: 66.7 lb/ft² (192.1 kg/m²)
•Power/mass: 0.22 hp/lb (360 W/kg)

Armament

•Guns: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns (Four 20mm M3 cannon F8F-1B)
•Rockets: 4× 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets
•Bombs: 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs

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Grumman F8F Bearcat  at Duxford Airshow October 2010

The Grumman F8F Bearcat (affectionately called "Bear") was an American single-engine naval fighter aircraft of the 1940s. It went on to serve into the mid-20th century in the United States Navy and other air forces, and would be the company's final piston engined fighter aircraft.

Registration: G-RUMM, 121714

General characteristics

•Crew: 1 pilot
•Length: 28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
•Wingspan: 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m)
•Height: 13 ft 9 in (4.21 m)
•Wing area: 244 ft² (22.67 m²)
•Empty weight: 7,070 lb (3,207 kg)
•Loaded weight: 9,600 lb (4,354 kg)
•Max takeoff weight: 12,947 lb (5,873 kg)
•Powerplant: 1× Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W "Double Wasp" two-row radial engine, 2,100 hp (1,567 kW)

Performance

•Maximum speed: 421 mph (366 kn, 678 km/h)
•Range: 1,105 mi (1,778 km)
•Service ceiling: 38,700 ft (11,796 m)
•Rate of climb: 4,570 ft/min (23.2 m/s)
•Wing loading: 66.7 lb/ft² (192.1 kg/m²)
•Power/mass: 0.22 hp/lb (360 W/kg)

Armament

•Guns: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns (Four 20mm M3 cannon F8F-1B)
•Rockets: 4× 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets
•Bombs: 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs

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Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Duxford (show map)

Taken on: October 10, 2010

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