Beautiful aircraft, gorgeous sound and thankfully there are people dedicated to keeping the classics flying. I got to see a Wildcat this summer and was blown away!
@bilplaymo6121
Жыл бұрын
yes, nice airplane, very famous to his fighting role in Indochina war...one of my favorite post war planes....thanks ; )
@jerrybryant4489
11 ай бұрын
Nice three-point Landing.
@leozengy
Жыл бұрын
What a beauty. However 3:12 was an F6F Hellcat
@tomsomerfield
9 жыл бұрын
If it weren't for the hawker sea fury this would definitely be my favourite piston fighter of all time.
@TheAdmach
14 жыл бұрын
i really like bearcats i have a freind that has one
@Sodnal
14 жыл бұрын
That was a Hellcat at 3:27.
@mharr3353
11 жыл бұрын
As I understand it, I believe it was Corkey Fornoff who had the tail tied down and had someone cut the rope at full power. Standstill to 10,000 feet in 81 sec. It took an F-15 some years later to beat that. Of course, beyond 10,000 feet most any jet fighter would leave it sitting, but still for a 1940's prop job, not bad.
@accountnumber1234567
14 жыл бұрын
@mechmusician Seriously? i didn't know that, where did you find that out?
@mechmusician
15 жыл бұрын
Best propeller-driven fighter aircraft ever built. This video does not even show the Bearcats immense power or unbelievable maneuverability. This plane has such a good power-to-weight ratio that it can actually be placed fully upright and take off from a dead stop, a full 90degree takeoff.
@mechmusician
14 жыл бұрын
@accountnumber1234567 I'm an engineer. It's what I do. Given, you would have to have it on some sort of scaffold to distribute the weight, since the tail isn't meant for that sort of thing. But it could do it. All you have to do is look at the numbers. It's the fastest prop-driven, straight-wing, standard-issue aircraft ever built. But the swept-wing jet-driven fighters killed it. The F-86 was a good plane too.
@yakovlev3a
14 жыл бұрын
All ww2 fighters can go 90 degrees after take off. He never specified how long the plane flies horizontally to build up speed. If the pilot stays level long enough to build up the speed its possible
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