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Grumman F8F Bearcat

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Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Grumman F8F Bearcat".

Oct 22, 2026

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)

Firearms Radio Network (All Shows)

The PGM Podcast 043 – KYShawn

Oct 22 · 1 Mention

RedHOST
54:14
There were a lot of really, really bleeding-edged propeller fighters that came out right after World War II.
RedHOST
54:20
The F-8F Bearcat, the Supermarine Spiteful.
RedHOST
54:24
The Starscreech.
RedHOST
54:25
The
Oscar Mike Radio

Oscar Mike Radio

Oscar Mike Radio – 512 – John Mollison – History Is Nutritious

Oct 9 · 1 Mention

Travis PartingtonHOST
30:21
Oh, F- or not the F-8.
John MollisonGUEST
30:22
F-8 Bearcat.
John MollisonGUEST
30:23
[laughs]
Travis PartingtonHOST
30:23
No, no.

Unknown podcast

The Grumman F Six F Hellcat, the Carrier Fighter Built Around a Captured Zero, and the Nineteen-to-One Kill Ratio That Broke Japan's Naval Air Power for Good

Oct 3 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST
12:24
No fighter aircraft in history, before or since, has posted numbers like those.
Tail DraggerHOST
12:28
The Hellcat was retired from first-line service as the F8F Bearcat entered the inventory in the late 1940s.
Tail DraggerHOST
12:34
The Bearcat was lighter, faster, climbed like a rocket, but the war ended before it ever saw combat.
Tail DraggerHOST
12:39
Most Hellcats were scrapped.

Unknown podcast

The Grumman F Six F Hellcat, the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, and the Day American Naval Aviation Took Back the Pacific Sky

Sep 29 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST
11:19
The Hellcat was retired from frontline service almost immediately after the war.
Tail DraggerHOST
11:24
The F8F Bearcat came along and then jets took over.
Tail DraggerHOST
11:27
But for two years over the Pacific, it was the most important airplane in the world.
Tail DraggerHOST
11:31
Roy Grumman got it right.

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