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EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to feature 4 Grumman fighter planes in 'Only at Oshkosh' moment

The Air Legends Foundation will bring the four Grumman aircraft — the F4F-3 Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F7F Tigercat and F8F Bearcat — to Oshkosh.
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F8F Bearcat, Grumman’s extreme weight cut that turned the Hellcat’s engine into a climb monster

Grumman took the Hellcat’s powerplant and put it on a ruthless diet to create the F8F Bearcat, a compact carrier fighter built to climb like nothing else and fit where Hellcats could not. From its ...