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| F4F Wildcat |     | 12 | 21.43% |
| F6F Hellcat |    | 15 | 26.79% |
| F7F Tigercat |    | 1 | 1.79% |
| F8F Bearcat |    | 12 | 21.43% |
| F9F Panther |    | 3 | 5.36% |
| F9F/F-9 Cougar |    | 2 | 3.57% |
| F11F Tiger | | 2 | 3.57% |
| F-14 Tomcat | | 9 | 16.07% |
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09-01-2008, 02:01 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines
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| Best Grumman 'Cat' II Here's a revisit of the old Best Grumman 'Cat' plane thread. Beginning in the 1930s, Grumman made a series of planes called the "Cats". So, what's your favorite Grumman Cat?
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09-01-2008, 04:17 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Nelspruit, Mpumalanga
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| F6F by far for me. Tested and proven and probably the best US "dogfighter" of the war. This plane does not get all the attention it deserves. edd
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09-01-2008, 05:13 AM
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| I'm saying F-14 just because of its role in Top Gun!!!! WW2 wise, the Hellcat would win it for me
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09-01-2008, 02:44 PM
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| Gotta go with the F6F with the F14 a very close 2nd. Tough to argue two complete different era's in airplanes.
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09-01-2008, 02:49 PM
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| Yup f6f
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09-01-2008, 04:26 PM
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09-02-2008, 01:55 AM
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| "Shooter"   Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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 | As much as I like the Hellcat, I still think the F4F was what held things in check with the Japanese until the other fighters, like the Hellcat came into the fray. I am still a big fan of the Bearcat too. That things climbs like nothing else with a prop. When I saw the F6F, F7F, and F8F all in formation at Camarillo this year, I was surprised to see how tough a time it was for the Hellcat to keep up. It was made worse by the fact that the Hellcat was on the outside of the turns. He was pouring on the juice and the Bearcat and Tigercat were pulling away.
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09-03-2008, 02:34 PM
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| I have always thought that the F8F was what the other R-2800 engined fighters, the F6F, F4U and P-47 should have been. Light, small, high performance fighters with adequate range and ordnance capability. |
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09-03-2008, 05:03 PM
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09-03-2008, 05:06 PM
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| "Shooter" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA
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| I have seen it with an F6F and F8F. Yeah, that poor Wildcat pilot was pouring on the juice to keep up.
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09-03-2008, 06:40 PM
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| F4F Wildcat. Why? Wake Island, Midway. TO
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09-03-2008, 08:01 PM
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| I am going to go with the F4F because it held the line in the early going and pretty much had a draw with one of the most innovative fighters in the war, the A6M. The USN and Marine fighter pilots of course contributed heavily with their skills and training but that tubby little fighter from 1941 until early 1943 was practically all the Navy and Marines had as a fighter and it did yeoman service. The Wildcat in the form of the FM2 served until the end of the war in both the Atlantic and Pacific. |
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09-03-2008, 08:10 PM
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| I also opted for the Wildcat it was the bulwark that kept the Zeroes at bay til better aircraft arrived on the scene |
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09-03-2008, 09:28 PM
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| The F-14 Tomcat is one of my favorite all time choices of favorite planes. I really like the Bearcat out of the "warbirds". |
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09-04-2008, 07:24 AM
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| "World Traveller"   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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 | It is between the F4F and the F6F for me but I have gone with the F4F because of its early war record as the stalwart of the American Air Forces.
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