AIRCRAFT:F8F-1 Bearcat

• TYPE:naval fighter
  
• MAKER:Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
  
• SPAN:35 ft. 10 in. (10.92m)
  
• LENGTH:28 ft. 3 in. (8.61m)
  
• HEIGHT:13 ft. 10 in. (4.22m)
  
• WING AREA:244 sq. ft. (22.67 sq. m.)
  
• WEIGHT:empty 7,070 lb. (3,207 kg.), maximum 12,947 lb. (5,873 kg)
  
• POWERPLANT:one 2100-hp Pratt and Whitney R-2800-34W 18-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
  
• PERFORMANCE:maximum speed 421 m.p.h. ( 677 k.p.h.), range 1,105 miles (1,778 km.), service ceiling 38,700 ft. (11,795m)
  
• ARMAMENT:four 0.5 in. machine guns
  
• CREW:1

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