Grumman F7F-3P Tigercat - Living Warbirds: Steel Warriors

[cofgo2]

You missed the most cool take off and specially the landing shots... it's an amazing plane...

[vegaguy1]

if Anna Nicole Smith had wings that is what she would look like

[Nfarce]

Incredible. The F7 straight on shot - how skinny! I'd hate to have to fly one with an engine out.

[0311RFLMN]

every time i see a p40 tommahawk i always think of how much better and faster and badder it could have been with a rrmerlin.anyone of you afficinados outther think this would have turned this great plane to a superior fighter.picture this plane highly refined with rrmerlin pressurised cockpit and bubble canopy.ya think?

[JetMechMA]

@0311RFLMN Oh, they did a model of the P-40 like that. They called it "The P-51". ;)

[popsaka1]

...beautiful, and thanks... Lack of music and talk is quite refreshing!

[grazyarnie]

@popsaka1

thats exactly how I think about these vids.

The engine sounds of these birds are much better than any music...

I am a music lover and an aircraft lover, but I really have to say...every topic needs its own space...a combo isnt bad if no music overloads enginesounds on airshows and vids, and if engine sounds doesnt disturb open air concerts...

[fredquimbythe23rd]

A truly classy looking aircraft; and oh the sound ot those Pratt & Witneys. Pity about the crowd noise!

[nrborod]

Best aerial demo I have ever seen was a Tigercat flown in from Fla. to Wappingers Falls, NY a number of years back. The pilot did a balls to the wall show. Really amazing demo. No holds barred.

[JetMechMA]

@nrborod I saw a demo once with the F8F Bear Cat and he OWNED the sky. This was back in the '70s. As you said, he wasn't holding back AT ALL. He wasn't trying to preserve his old war bird....he gave it all she had to give. It was spectacular. I'd say he easily rivaled the jet fighters of the day.

[Nfarce]

@JetMechMA - Uhm, easily rivaled the jet fighters of the day? What day would that be? The 1950s when jet fighters like the F-86 Sabre Jet first came out or the 1970s when F-4 Phantoms were king? I'm curious. Either way, the Bearcat, like any other prop aircraft of the time, would have been owned by a jet. That's just pretty basic knowledge.

[JetMechMA]

@Nfarce: Either way, the Bearcat, like any other prop aircraft of the time, would have been owned by a jet. That's just pretty basic knowledge.

JM: I wouldn't bet my life on that. Ever see the movie "Final Countdown" where F-14s dogfight WW2 Japanese Zeroes? I believe that whoever choreographed the flight scenes did an authentic job of simulating a dogfight between an F-14 and a Zero. The Zero pilot adapts rapidly and uses his strengths against the F-14's weaknesses.

[Nfarce]

@JetMechMA - One of my favorite aviation related movies of all time. I especially loved the Tomcats pawing at the Zeroes like a cat with a mouse toy right before they blew them out of the sky. You did see the same movie I saw (many times), right?

[JetMechMA]

@Nfarce Yeah, that's right, same same. I especially like the part where the Zero driver adapted and got slow where Tomcat is clumsy....and the actual F-14 stalled for real and dropped like a rock towards the ocean. In a real war, the Zero would have double backed on him and ran some stitches down his underbelly. ;)

[16Echo101stID]

I like the styling of the F7F Tigercat.... and the sound ins't bad either.

[B17Boy]

The F7Fs, like the F8Fs, just missed WWII. Some were in squardon service but missed the actual fighting. By the time of Korea, the frontline fighters were F9F Panther jets (though they did ground attack, too) and the attack planes were Skyraiders. I too believe that there were a few Marine squadrons with them but I can't name them. Beautiful shot that the end showing the small head-on aspect. Great plane; along with the F8F would have been a killer in WWII.

[Fireheart528]

Would love to have my car sound like this plane! Grumman definitely got it right with the F7F Tigercat!

[routhoula]

@Fireheart528 it makes you wonder. can you fit an old fighter piston engine in the back of a van find or order to build an appropriate differential and gearbox and try to move it? nah!

[Fireheart528]

@routhoula dude, somebody did that with a '55 Chevy--he put a Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 in it! the videos on here somewhere, check the related videos for it.

[gtofan2005]

i have a model of one of these planes

[SavageJim01]

THANK YOU!!!! For not playing any damn music. If I hear Sound System one more time, I will literally reach into the computer and rip the balls off of the guy who plays their crap on thier video!

[jak9200]

grumman got it right on this one!

[BikerRussell]

Im sitting here, bleeding out my ears because I turned the volume up too high.... and I dont care!

[Nicodemus98]

I thought the Tigercat ran counter rotating engines like the lightening and Black Widow. These both turn counter clock wise. Couldn't find a clockwise engine and prop for the right side or am I mistaken?

[PSNgregiskool]

I love the sound of radials. Reminds me of visiting the Palm Springs Air Museum, I grew up to the sound of those unmistakeable radials!

[1bearcatf8f]

Get your facts right people it was put into service in 1944.

[archivos042003]

from what war is that airplane?

[moomoo1337]

Korean, too late for WW2

[sergeant137]

@moomoo1337 designed in WWII, flown in Korea

[moomoo1337]

@sergeant137 Yes I know that

[Nicodemus98]

@moomoo1337 Vietnam also.

[moomoo1337]

@Nicodemus98 Where in Vietnam?

[Nicodemus98]

@moomoo1337 Phan Rang along with Mustangs and Avengers, I think.

[moomoo1337]

@Nicodemus98 May have been the A26, no records I can find about the Vietnam era Tigercats but it would have been nice to see them in 'Nam

[peacemak1]

Gänsehaut^^ 5/5 thx fürn upload

[NoLongerFooled]

I like how the owner actually flew it. At least I think he was the owner, some older guy. And then after he flew it, his wife came out onto the tarmac as he climbed down the 20ft tall ladder to the ground.

[NoLongerFooled]

Thanks for posting. I was there too (in Camarillo)

[Misty28931]

Thanx it is great to see a flying museum piece. Take care of it.