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First Bearcat flight on 21st August 1944. A/c crashed during gunnery test NAS Patuxent River, Pilot killed.

 

 

Specifications F8F-1
General

Type: Carrier-borne/Land-Based Fighter
Crew: 1
First flight: 21 August 1944
Number built: 1265 (all type)
Powerplant
1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-34W "Double Wasp radial |
2300 hp each | Pistons
Dimensions/Masses
Length: 8.61 m | Wingspan: 10.92 m | Height: 4.21 m
Wing area: 22.67 m² | Empty weight: 3207 kg
Loaded weight: 4354 kg | Max takeoff weight: 5873 kg
Performances
Maximum speed: 678 km/h | Range: 1778 km
Service ceiling: 11796 m
Armament

Inside: 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns
Outside: 454 kg of bombs
or 4 × 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets

 

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