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Published: 2018-07-08 05:02:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 16592; Favourites: 410; Downloads: 102
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The F8F Bearcat featured a light airframe and powerful engine. This combination gave the Bearcat incredible speed and climb rate. Bearcats were on carriers entering the Pacific when WWII ended so the airplane did not see combat during the war. Surviving Bearcats have long been a favorite on the racing circuit. As of 2018, a modified Bearcat, "Rare Bear" holds the speed record (528.33 mph) for the fastest piston powered airplane; a record which was set in 1989. One of my favorite aircraft. I had been planning to paint this airplane for about 10 years. Prints are available through my website, www.markkarvon.net.Related content
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My favorite too!Β Along with F6F Hellcat and the F7F Tigercat.
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In the biography of Ensign Jesse Brown, Devotion, by Adam Makos, these were stationed on the East Coast after the war ended (before jets became widely available) and acted as interceptors against potential Soviet bombing attacks. Pretty uncertain times those must have been.
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"If only the war had lasted longer, the Japanese and Germans would have had..."Β THIS TO DEAL WITH.
A forgotten masterpiece of avionics and ferocity, a high performance marvel that the Navy eschewed in favor of trucks like the Corsair after the war. Thank you for making the Acme of the 'Grumman Ironworks' series of lethal prop-driven marvels live again.
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Imagine if we had those in the War of 1812!!!?
We'd have sunk the British Royal Navy in a single strafing attack!!!!
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If I had the money, I'd give you free rein as a film director!
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Interesting!
Some of my friends, in the past, have said: "Thank God that you didn't go to Hollywood!"
I'd have out - "Quentin Tarantino"-'dΒ Quentin Tarantino!!!
Remember the old 1958 Steve McQueen movie, "The Blob"?
Well............??????
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The last of the Grumman breed before they moved to jet aircraft.Β The Bearcat was used by the French in IndoChina, and other countries used them, too, before switching to jets.Β Still love those old prop planes.Β
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Ah yes, Neil Armstrong's favourite bird, stubby in looks but superb in handling. This particular specimen looks positively gorgeous, nicely done
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And I have read the Japanese were testing their A7M successor to the A6M Zero when the war ended. Any possibility of doing it?
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Not really interested in the A7M but I do plan to get to the A6M, KI-84 and N1K someday.
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Very nice Mr. Mark! Any changes of doing a TA-152-H? Thanks!
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Thank you. I have no immediate plans to doΒ TA-152.
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I love drawing planes but this is way better than what i usually draw
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I appreciate not only the excellent artwork, but the historical summaries which accompany them.
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Kind of sad that this one saw so little to none air combat.
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The French used them pretty heavily in the French Indochina War.
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Yes but at that point theΒ Vietnamese lacked any air force. This was a fighter and since the Japs gave up before it was introdused that meant that they lost the change to do what they were designed to do. At least they were used at least.Β Β
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