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Blue Angels Return to Their Roots: F8F Bearcat
youtube ^ | Mar 27, 2015 | All Things Aero

Posted on 04/04/2015 10:00:21 AM PDT by Chode

In 2009, the Horsemen Flight Team traded in their typical steeds of P-51 Mustangs for the round engines of the F8F Bearcat to honor the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aviation; blueangels
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To: Chode

The US moving ahead in leaps and bounds under Obama ,LOL


21 posted on 04/04/2015 11:52:44 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: stboz

“There is no sound like a Merlin.”

Somewhere there is a calculation of how much air was pushed thru the Merlin at full throttle(expressed in mph). It was enough thrust to add considerable forward speed to the aircraft.


22 posted on 04/04/2015 1:47:24 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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To: Chode

I love that plane...saw the accident at Oshkosh back in 1999 where the Corsair hit the Bearcat.

That was a major bummer, to say the least.


23 posted on 04/04/2015 2:33:26 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: rlmorel
just damn...
24 posted on 04/04/2015 2:37:10 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

An unmodified production F8F-1 set a 1946 time-to-climb record (after a run of 115 ft/35 m) of 10,000 ft (3,048 m) in 94 seconds (6,383 fpm). The Bearcat held this record for 10 years until it was broken by a modern jet fighter (which still could not match the Bearcat’s short takeoff distance).


25 posted on 04/04/2015 2:42:31 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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To: Chode

Nasal Radiator Bump :)

May God bless ‘m every one.

And a blessed Easter to all.
Tatt


26 posted on 04/04/2015 2:47:08 PM PDT by thesearethetimes... (Had I brought Christ with me, the outcome would have been different. Dr.Eric Cunningham)
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To: thesearethetimes...
Amen
27 posted on 04/04/2015 2:58:40 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Chode

What a wonderful video !! Thank you !!


28 posted on 04/04/2015 3:59:42 PM PDT by Dartman (Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
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To: BenLurkin

Now that is just a great looking machine.


29 posted on 04/04/2015 4:01:48 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
I love the sound of propeller driven aircraft. I can still identify the type of WWII aircraft from the sound.

Saw a P-38 taking off once. Sounded like a beehive taking off.

30 posted on 04/04/2015 4:07:03 PM PDT by okie01
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To: Dartman
most welcome
31 posted on 04/04/2015 4:09:28 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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