We dive into one of the most radical and lightweight carrier fighters ever built — the **Grumman F8F Bearcat**. A machine designed to outclimb anything in the sky, squeeze onto escort carriers, and ...

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Grumman engineers, led by chief Engineer William Schwendler, sought to fill a major gap in the low and medium altitude ranges for U.S. Navy carrier-based fighters. The goal was to create a small ...

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