Flight of the 'Cats' - Tigercat, Bearcat, Hellcat, Wildcat Formation! - EAA AIrVenture Oshkosh 2022

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[@TedStJohn-vz9jr]

Thanks for the video! My dad was a Marine Corps pilot, and few F6F, and F7F, along with several other planes between the end of WWII and the Korean war. It is nice to see them in action!

[@jgstargazer]

It would bring a tear to his eyes if he saw these planes.

[@robsalisbury2550]

That F7F is just beautiful, I’ve seen one in person before it’s amazing

[@gregmctevia5087]

Great collection of Cats including my favorite the scrappy little Wildcat. Don't know how many airworthy examples of this iconic warbird are in existence but the one you included in your presentation must be one of very few. Gratitude and congrats to the group of dedicated preservationists who keep her flying. Our country owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to that tough little customer and all of the men who flew her and maintained her under very difficult circumstances during her service in WWII. Outstanding piece.

[@VenomousTrexy]

agreed, its the only flying one and its a beauty!

[@gdude3957]

i love gear retraction in a wildcat. lol again

[@gdude3957]

is it planes of fame usa/?

[@gregmctevia5087]

@@gdude3957 Years ago I read a piece on the early model Wildcats that didn't have an automatic, electrical or hydraulic driven system to retract and extend the landing gear. The pilot had to raise and lower the gear by means of a manual cranking system in the cockpit. Thus some pilots transitioning from older designs with fixed landing gear would sometimes forget to crank the gear down before landing and accidentally belly land the airplane. I'm not sure if the story is true, or if the incidents were widespread but it seems plausible. It could be my memory is faulty and the subject of the article was the F3F which was the all metal biplane fighter design that the Wildcat was based on and also had a nose mounted landing gear. It may have had the manually operated landing gear system.

[@twandepan]

@@gregmctevia5087 Nope it’s true the early wildcats had to be cranked to raise or lower the gear. Think it was something like 28 times before the gear was fully raised? Fair to say you wouldn’t get bored right after takeoff.

[@davidstumer3360]

The Hellcat is my favorite plane. ❤19 to 1 kill ratio . Greatest of all time!

[@JayjayElon]

Hence why it been called "zeroes killer"

[@brianlykins6663]

Greatest group of cats in the world. Thank you.

[@DJAYPAZ]

Great video, always in focus, excellent framing and wonderful sound.

[@aircraftadventures-vids]

Fun fact, that Wildcat is the only one flying with a P&W 1830 in the nose.

[@SteveSmith-eb6ze]

I am shocked to see a wildcat. I thought the Japanese shot them all down.

[@TheKusa5]

@@SteveSmith-eb6ze The Wildcat was an excellent fighter, why would all of them get shot down?

[@Akaeru]

@@SteveSmith-eb6ze by the end of the war the Wildcat achieved a 9:1 kill ratio over the Zero. Seems like it should be the opposite.

[@SteveSmith-eb6ze]

@@Akaeru Early in the war,the zero had a 12.1 kill ratio,by the end of the war it turned in Americas favor to around 6.9 to 1. The hellcat had a better kill ratio which I believe was 19.1. The hellcat had the best kill ratio of any plane in WW2 and was one of the most decisive weapons of the war. There are a few books out there written by the Japanese pilots who survived their first meetings with the Hellcat,they we’re shocked,at a distance they assumed they were the wildcat and figured easy pickings but once in combat they were horrified by the new American fighter.

[@bravoromeojohn]

Just the sounds alone were incredible! Hats off to all the hours of maintenance and body work to make these cats purrrr 🤙

[@BrianBurns-or6kc]

Nothing like the sound of a radial

[@donaldwhite1928]

I love the sounds of the radial engines sounds like a big block with big cam

[@Nathan_Jay]

The Tigercat was a sight to see! Got one really good shot of it through the whole show

[@odinihlen9448]

I was at EAA 2022 The flight of the cats were epic! :)

[@jimowens2283]

As was I. Awesome is an overworked adjective but not in this case.

[@gdude3957]

lucky dog you ....

[@JusticeLeagueJH]

Lovely Grumman Birds! The Tomcat would have been one hell of an addition, if it was still active!

[@delten-eleven1910]

I remember in the early '90s at NAS Miramar, this flight of the cats included a F-14 in the "missing man" slot, this is a great produced video in sound too!

[@JusticeLeagueJH]

@@delten-eleven1910 💯👌

[@gdude3957]

recips only no suckers

[@grin1448]

Thanks for being there, to show us this impressive family of cats. Great shots. Greets from germany. :)

[@AirshowStuffVideos]

Thanks for watching!

[@MichaelHux24]

Everyone keeps asking for the Tomcat and the other jet Cats. This was a piston engined Cat flight.

[@gdude3957]

you get it. i do too. dummies dont

[@TheKusa5]

I don't think any jet cats are flying anymore, there was a Panther Flying, but I think she was grounded, and no tomcats or tigers either.

[@speedydb55]

When I was young in the '90s, my family would attend the "High on Kalamazoo" Airshow in Michigan every year; and *The Flight of the Grumman Cats* was always a feature of the show with that very Tigercat in the lead of the group. Thanks for bringing back some very happy memories.

[@johnosbourn4312]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!!! The Legendary Grumman Cats!!!!!!!!

[@J4mie_The_Rat]

I was at an airshow in Batavia NY in the 90s and saw the same thing,but with an f14 joining in before it did its own demo .priceless

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

All that is needed is the Panther, Cougar and Tomcat. But this was still so beautiful to see.

[@gregmctevia5087]

And let us not forget the F 11 Tiger.

[@thedishonoredamerican129]

@@gregmctevia5087 Can never forget the tiger.

[@Sticknub]

@@gregmctevia5087 and the f5 tiger

[@gregmctevia5087]

@@thedishonoredamerican129 One could be forgiven for overlooking the Tiger. She didn't have a very long service life, but did have the distinction of serving briefly with the Blue Angels. That alone makes her noteworthy One would suppose.

[@gregmctevia5087]

@@Sticknub Excellent point. However the F 5 Tiger ll was built by Northrop Aircraft as an independently financed light twin engine fighter to be marketed primarily to export customers, although the USAF did buy a few. As the F 5 Tiger was not built by Gruman Aircraft for the USN as a carrier based fighter, she really can't be included in the iconic "Cat" series of Navy fighters built by Gruman. Great catch though. I forgot the Northrop built a fighter named Tiger as well.

[@bobmillerick300]

Gotta luv Cats with big round motors

[@jaysonpida5379]

beautiful...and the camera work is perfect.

[@aviationventure]

Absolutely love @airshowstuffvideos always amazing quality and phenomenal panning keeping subject centred

[@barrybristow4646]

The tigercat , like the Beaufighter , two engines followed by a pilot. these are all beautiful aircraft.

[@terryfletcher6465]

Beautiful absolutely beautiful!

[@mikeframe5450]

The F6F, like the Corsair, makes a very distinctive sound.

[@DtRockstar1]

This is fantastic! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen these planes fly. Thank you for the video.

[@jimowens2283]

My new favorite video. I’m getting a Tigercat high speed pass sound as my ringtone. And I’m a P-51 guy. 😳😱

[@88mike42]

Whistle, roar and cackle...I say the Hellcat sounds the best.

[@fritz4345]

What a sweet sound!

[@ManganeseMan]

the Fab 4. deadly. thanks Grumman. thanks for sharing!

[@zigbeegooblesnort125]

It warms the soul to hear the pounding of those Cats. If only "Snort" could be there with his Cat.

[@JayjayElon]

Grumman seem to love cats

[@manfredbeuth2921]

Espially the Bear- , and the Tigercat are sounding amazing.....!!!!!

[@zoeystewart10]

Absolutely a beautiful display of the cats ,I truly enjoyed your video thankyou for sharing

[@stephenbrown1077]

Absolutely fantastic 👏 thankyou, great to see the "cats" all together, not much chance here in the UK. Keep em coming!

[@vomoreno]

Uma pena o F 14 Tomcat não fazer mais parte desse Show!! Uma pena

[@kevspss]

That Bearcat would have ate the Zero alive.

[@ronnietaylor474]

Awesome, thanks 😊

[@flyingfortressrc1794]

Fantastic footage. Thank you..

[@Thorsten_Kueppers]

Fantastic footage! 🤩🤩🤩

[@Enid2Sacramento]

Best part of my day!

[@bmflmf]

The best!!

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

Check out starting at 7:21 to 7:25. Middle top, there is a white dot that is decending. Then it makes a 90 right turn and disappears. Play it back at the slowest speed.

[@gdude3957]

o a conspiracy. ufo after warbirds.. lol

[@DaveWrightKB9MNM]

@@gdude3957 I didn’t say it was a UFO 🤣. 👽🛸

[@AndreiTupolev]

Oh yes, probably a reflection of the sun in the lens or something

[@Alpha_627]

F4F and F6F my beloved(s)

[@jackirichard414]

Hello. Awesome planes! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@joshgoldsmith6569]

The memories of me being a kid in the Field with my Dad and uncle at Flying Legends Duxford in Mid 90s with the The Fighter Collections Tigercat Bearcat Hellcat Wildcat virtually doing the same thing all Thay would do a few flypasts down Low across the Airfield then do there solo displays

[@travisbrecher3677]

Great footage! The icing on the cake would be an F-14 with them!

[@timcrawford8744]

I was at the Kalamazoo, MI air show about 20+ years ago and saw these four with the F-14 as well. Grumman had a craft in the air to photograph all of the cats together. It was very cool!

[@gdude3957]

no way recips rule

[@88mike42]

@@gdude3957 I agree.

[@rich8577]

Missing the newest cat . It would of been nice to see the F-14 Tomcat with the rest of the Grumman cats. My favorite cat, retired too soon.

[@thomassmartin9728]

Ya I agree, but you left out F11F Tiger.

[@coltur68066]

Великолепная четвёрка!

[@davidstumer3360]

Beautiful ❤️

[@olspanner]

FABULOUS!

[@osvaldodaefiol7903]

Wildcat o melhor!!!!

[@wellifailed392]

This is what I was super excited for one of the days I went but my mom didn’t want to walk along the runway so we went to get on a bus thing and I missed the whole thing 😢

[@BlackAssBilly]

Big cats of the sky ☁

[@gokusan5696]

Very good

[@sambenfield4470]

Fantastic footage! Can I ask what camera do you use please? Quality is excellent!

[@AirshowStuffVideos]

We use Sony AX-53s. Thanks for watching!

[@LionelBaronArtiste]

Magnifique !!

[@xfa33lupisrex52]

Damn i really wanted to see this part of the show but i just missed it😭

[@IgoryanGames]

Wow!

[@lockheedskunkworks5687]

Grumman 👍all that’s missing is the Tomcat

[@gdude3957]

site 2 veteran says no recips except u-2

[@gdude3957]

adp?

[@2-Hands]

Would have been nice to have an F-14 with this "Flight of the Cats"...

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

Where’s the F14 tomcat? 😂😂

[@mylesspear]

😂😂😐😞

[@oncypresspond6946]

And the F9F Panther

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

@@terryboyer1342 I know the F14 is from iran

[@gdude3957]

wit all da udder suckers

[@Max50ww]

That settles it I’m trading my RV6 in on a. tigercat!

[@welcometowilloshouseregula7171]

Which plane do you like the most in this video?

[@DanielBlythe-z6o]

The Hellcat. In some important ,ways the largest single seat fighter of WWII. From it's best angles, the good looks of it are iconic.

[@АринаАрина-л3ц]

Delicious advocat 60

[@gdude3957]

i was blessed to work on a bearcat after viet nam service was over. aerosport aviation near p o fame museum. Mr. sepestein and mr. airston lol

[@narskiy7941]

Clever part 78

[@jimjenkins2319]

❤❤❤❤

[@zhongfokzhongfok2523]

Light missile for radius selfdefend

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[@timanderson5543]

Grumman iron works.

[@worldtravel101]

Bring Tom!

[@justinian_dude]

Great video. Thank you for using appropriate shutter speeds when filming. The aliased “standstill” props are only too common in many videos and they really detract from the end result.

[@uio890138]

My mind always thinks of those brave pilots rising up in Wildcats to meet incoming waves of Japanese planes at Guadalcanal. Epic battle.

[@tontarioburgess1670]

We are missing the f14 tomcat😂

[@clarkenoble]

Everybody wants an F-14 Tomcat in this line up. That would be cool, but in order of preference I would prefer to see an F9F-5 Panther, F9F-6 Cougar and an F-11 Tiger......THEN an F-14.

[@mafiosomemer3730]

A Grumman Cats show without a Tomcat is too sad.

[@ps-zb6dg]

The bearcat f8f can still compete with a jet

[@ARTORIAS270]

Brave duck 26

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Crazy Engineer 68

[@rane9321]

Fast designer 10

[@Wjray0126]

Videos do not do them justice, in person planes like these slide through the air and you literally feel the sound from them. They sound way better in person and that’s for any ww2 fighter

[@fubarmodelyard1392]

👍

[@JorikGS]

Да

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Wondering man 05

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Calm door 83

[@sierramike5259]

the only cats i am not allergic too.

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Dirty snow 06

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[@PurpleDreki]

Can't stand the fake smoke....

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