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Short video of the original Blue Angel aircraft, the F8F Bearcat running the R2800 radial, in a demo flight with the F-18.
The Bearcat came out to late to help in WWII but had it been on station history would not remember the Mustang so fondly, it was very fast and rugged with the air cooled engine and could take a lot of battle damage and still fly whereas the Mustang would take one bullet and have to return to base with a coolant leak! Dave
http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/12/10/good-day-at-the-patch/
The Bearcat came out to late to help in WWII but had it been on station history would not remember the Mustang so fondly, it was very fast and rugged with the air cooled engine and could take a lot of battle damage and still fly whereas the Mustang would take one bullet and have to return to base with a coolant leak! Dave
http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/12/10/good-day-at-the-patch/