Aircraft of the Month: F9F-8 Cougar

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Intrepid Museum

Күн бұрын

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@m14butch Жыл бұрын

I sat in this jet when it was in Wall NJ in the mid-eighties !

@Tryingmybestsince1999 4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Spain! I'm almost 22 now, but I had the immense luck to be there in New York in 2016 when I was 17 and I had the greater luck of being able to visit the intrepid museum! This is one of my favourite jet designs and I was searching on KZbin for it and found you guys. I still remember walking on the deck and seeing this cougar and the mig-15. I had never been so close to a jet. It's an experience I will never forget. Thank you guys for running such an amazing museum.

@RobertGraziose 27 күн бұрын

I saw that Cougar at the Intrepid air museum in Manhattan. The Cougar was my favorite Grumman plane. I saw one fly at a Grumman air show in 1967, at their Calverton plant in Long Island New York

@markbrown7103 3 жыл бұрын

Both panther and cougars are my favorite jets of all times I like the F 86 saber to ✈️✈️😎👍🏼

@philpique3187 4 жыл бұрын

Eric, that is an excellent narration! Very interesting factual summary. Thanks to you and the museum for posting!

@bearbon2 4 жыл бұрын

Oh I remember this plane when it was lying on its belly with no canopy not far from where I lived in Belmar. I never imagined it would be restored to this condition. Well done!

@kenneth7197 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think the cougars ever fired a shot in anger.

@williamfreeh9598 4 жыл бұрын

i was stationed at N.A.S. Chase field in Beeville Texas in pilot training squadron VT26. i was an A.M.H or hydrolics mech. that was bit bit of a joke because i spent most of my time in as a plane captain on the flight line. i fueled pre flighted post flighted and brought jets onto their spots and tied them down. all in all it was a great experience except for the south texas heat combined with the exhaust of a dozen or more jet engines turning. we had the F-9 cougers and most were 2 seaters for training pilots for Vietnam.

@cbrew8794 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@vapingplane9700 10 ай бұрын

I friggin love the F9F-8 Cougar. Its design and capabilities are just awesome regardless its age. It may not be fast in comparison to its Russian counterparts, but its turnrate and overall looks is pure awesomeness. Wish I could see one in action.

@emjackson2289 Жыл бұрын

The F9F-8 Cougar, taking a decent idea and making it better without ruining it. Arguably its what most aerospace companies are doing now rather than creating new aircraft e.g. the F/A18F coming from the F/A18A itself from the YF17; the F15EX; the F16 Block 72 (?); that's just the US ones (which is to say there's no new F4D Skyray coming anytime soon, though one could argue there is the HAL Tejas as a new jet flying from a carrier).