Outstandingly Awesome! Go Steve, go Tigercat! The F7F Tigercat, a combat zone veteran of WWII. Arrived on Okinawa, as it would turn out, the day before the war's end. Never the less, still in the Combat zone. Because of this, it should be seen as a Veteran of WWII.
I recognize this Tigercat as the Kalamazoo Air Zoo's. It was always my favorite plane of the Air Zoo's flight of the day program. Those twin R2800's are music to my ears but you have to be there in person to get the full benefit of that great sound. Great flying job!!
I consider myself an aficionado on mostly WWII aircraft. I never knew this plane existed until 1980 or so I met a Marine reserve pilot in my neighborhood who had piloted these babies. My understanding is that the Plane never really saw any action because it came too late in the war. Some action and rather limited at that in the Korean War. Sad it suffered the same fate as the F8F Bearcat and the A1 Skyraider. All were flight ready but missed the Big war. IF you know power then you know to give this one all the respect it deserves. Raw power!!!
The 2012 show just happened a few weeks ago, the next show will be sometime in May 2013. You can keep an eye out by checking their web page periodically planesoffame"dot"org.
Perhaps the best of the cats. This plane--the ultimate in propeller driven combat aircraft--should have been accepted for service, rather than the "iffy" jets of the time--not well developed and low in power and acceleration--that were used instead. The "Midways" were designed with such a plane in mind (and good thing, too, for the E2C Hawkeye took full advantage of the large format) and the loss of the excellent F7F spelt greater difficulty for USN forces used in the Attack role when inferior planes were chosen simply because "jets are cool".
+William Cox perhaps, but the Pentagon was bent on moving ahead and not sitting just above "idle". This plane was amazing for what it was, but it was not in the same class as the A-1 Skyraider in terms of bomb load, nor was she as good as the F-86 in a fight. They even showed their resolve with the F-4......not to mention that Grumman had another "cat" under it's blanket!!
Oh, man that sound just leaves goose bumps all over!
Nice flying!
She's a thing of grace and beauty. Great to see these vintage planes still in the sky.
The F7F has never gotten the historical recognition of the P-51, P-38, Corsair and others. I wonder why?
It is a beast!
Outstandingly Awesome! Go Steve, go Tigercat! The F7F Tigercat, a combat zone veteran of WWII. Arrived on Okinawa, as it would turn out, the day before the war's end. Never the less, still in the Combat zone. Because of this, it should be seen as a Veteran of WWII.
I recognize this Tigercat as the Kalamazoo Air Zoo's. It was always my favorite plane of the Air Zoo's flight of the day program. Those twin R2800's are music to my ears but you have to be there in person to get the full benefit of that great sound. Great flying job!!
That's a flight ! Whaow ! Thank you Steve Hinton, you're a master !
I just got goosebumps with the sound.
Got that right!! Superb flying Steve! Thank you.
I consider myself an aficionado on mostly WWII aircraft. I never knew this plane existed until 1980 or so I met a Marine reserve pilot in my neighborhood who had piloted these babies. My understanding is that the Plane never really saw any action because it came too late in the war. Some action and rather limited at that in the Korean War. Sad it suffered the same fate as the F8F Bearcat and the A1 Skyraider. All were flight ready but missed the Big war.
IF you know power then you know to give this one all the respect it deserves. Raw power!!!
What a beauty
What a video! Wow!! :)
TOTAL BLISS.What a pilot.What an aeroplane.This man cheated death! Ruddy hero
Nice to see the Air Zoo's Tigercat back in the air, even if they did have to sell it to make it happen...
The 2012 show just happened a few weeks ago, the next show will be sometime in May 2013. You can keep an eye out by checking their web page periodically planesoffame"dot"org.
Perhaps the best of the cats.
This plane--the ultimate in propeller driven combat aircraft--should have been accepted for service, rather than the "iffy" jets of the time--not well developed and low in power and acceleration--that were used instead. The "Midways" were designed with such a plane in mind (and good thing, too, for the E2C Hawkeye took full advantage of the large format) and the loss of the excellent F7F spelt greater difficulty for USN forces used in the Attack role when inferior planes were chosen simply because "jets are cool".
+William Cox perhaps, but the Pentagon was bent on moving ahead and not sitting just above "idle". This plane was amazing for what it was, but it was not in the same class as the A-1 Skyraider in terms of bomb load, nor was she as good as the F-86 in a fight. They even showed their resolve with the F-4......not to mention that Grumman had another "cat" under it's blanket!!
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