[ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

On 8 Jun 2010 at 18:27, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> Actually, the F9F was the swept-wing Couger.

That was the F9F-6

> The Panther was the
> straight-wing F8F

No. Actually, the F9F-5 WAS the Panther, while the F9F-6 
was the Couger, developed from the Panther.

The F8F was the piston engined Bearcat. It was a REAL 
little hot-rod and VERY maneuverable.

Roy Grumman asked his designers to put the biggest 
engine they could find into the smallest possible airframe, 
and they succeeded.

I still wonder what radios the F7F and the F8F carried?

ARC-5 VHF, perhaps?

Ken W7EKB