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

[Michael Bittner]

On the F8F Bearcat; While stationed at NAS Corpus Christi in 1956, I 
observed the Naval Overhaul Facility there cranking out "like new" F8Fs for 
the French.  I assume most of these wound up in smoking holes in Vietnam 
before the French pulled out.  The rest of the Bearcats were used as 
transition trainers for student pilots destined for the Douglas AD.  The AD, 
later called the A1 also played a roll in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri".

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kenneth G. Gordon" <kgordon2006 at verizon.net>
> To: <WA5CAB at cs.com>
> Cc: <ARC5 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Radio Equipment installed in Grumman F6F-3 at NMNA
>
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>> 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
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