Grumman F8F Bearcat - Planes of Fame Airshow 2009

Ground and air highlights of the F8F Bearcat at the Planes of Fame Airshow 2009.

[@TheModelGuy]

Beautiful aircraft, gorgeous sound and thankfully there are people dedicated to keeping the classics flying. I got to see a Wildcat this summer and was blown away!

[@manfredbeuth2921]

Great sound and warplane!!!!!!!!!!

[@bilplaymo6121]

yes, nice airplane, very famous to his fighting role in Indochina war...one of my favorite post war planes....thanks ; )

[@mechmusician]

Best propeller-driven fighter aircraft ever built. This video does not even show the Bearcats immense power or unbelievable maneuverability. This plane has such a good power-to-weight ratio that it can actually be placed fully upright and take off from a dead stop, a full 90degree takeoff.

[@jerrybryant4489]

Nice three-point Landing.

[@leozengy]

What a beauty. However 3:12 was an F6F Hellcat

[@tomsomerfield]

If it weren't for the hawker sea fury this would definitely be my favourite piston fighter of all time.

[@TheAdmach]

i really like bearcats i have a freind that has one

[@Sodnal]

That was a Hellcat at 3:27.

[@mharr3353]

As I understand it, I believe it was Corkey Fornoff who had the tail tied down and had someone cut the rope at full power. Standstill to 10,000 feet in 81 sec. It took an F-15 some years later to beat that. Of course, beyond 10,000 feet most any jet fighter would leave it sitting, but still for a 1940's prop job, not bad.

[@accountnumber1234567]

@mechmusician Seriously? i didn't know that, where did you find that out?

[@mechmusician]

@accountnumber1234567 I'm an engineer. It's what I do. Given, you would have to have it on some sort of scaffold to distribute the weight, since the tail isn't meant for that sort of thing. But it could do it. All you have to do is look at the numbers. It's the fastest prop-driven, straight-wing, standard-issue aircraft ever built. But the swept-wing jet-driven fighters killed it. The F-86 was a good plane too.

[@yakovlev3a]

All ww2 fighters can go 90 degrees after take off. He never specified how long the plane flies horizontally to build up speed. If the pilot stays level long enough to build up the speed its possible