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Blue Angels Return to Their Roots: F8F Bearcat
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| 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
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posted on
04/04/2015 11:52:44 AM PDT
by
molson209
(Blank)
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.
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posted on
04/04/2015 1:47:24 PM PDT
by
TalBlack
(Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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.
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posted on
04/04/2015 2:33:26 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: rlmorel
just damn...
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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)
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).
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posted on
04/04/2015 2:42:31 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
To: Chode
Nasal Radiator Bump :)
May God bless ‘m every one.
And a blessed Easter to all.
Tatt
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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)
To: thesearethetimes...
Amen
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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)
To: Chode
What a wonderful video !! Thank you !!
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posted on
04/04/2015 3:59:42 PM PDT
by
Dartman
(Canadian, eh. And proud of it.)
To: BenLurkin
Now that is just a great looking machine.
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.
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posted on
04/04/2015 4:07:03 PM PDT
by
okie01
To: Dartman
most welcome
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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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