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Description
This is the F8F Bearcat built by the now defunct Grumman Aerospace Corporation and it was their last Piston Engine Fighter to be made by the company.

This Plane saw service in select Military Branches including USMC (United States Marine Corps) and USN (United States Navy) and it powered by 1 Pratt and Whitney R2800-34W Double Wasp 2 row 2,300 hp Radial Piston Engine.

It carried 4 12.7 mm Browning M2 Machine Guns (F8F-1/F8F1N variants) or 4 20 mm AN/M3 Cannons (F8F-1B) (2 per wing) and could also carry 4 127 mm Rockets (2 per wing) and 1,000 lb of Bombs.

Taken 17/07/16 at The Farnborough International Airshow

Description
This is the F8F Bearcat built by the now defunct Grumman Aerospace Corporation and it was their last Piston Engine Fighter to be made by the company.

This Plane saw service in select Military Branches including USMC (United States Marine Corps) and USN (United States Navy) and it powered by 1 Pratt and Whitney R2800-34W Double Wasp 2 row 2,300 hp Radial Piston Engine.

It carried 4 12.7 mm Browning M2 Machine Guns (F8F-1/F8F1N variants) or 4 20 mm AN/M3 Cannons (F8F-1B) (2 per wing) and could also carry 4 127 mm Rockets (2 per wing) and 1,000 lb of Bombs.

Taken 17/07/16 at The Farnborough International Airshow