Grumman Bearcat
F8F-2
BuNo 121776

Texas Aviation Hall of Fame/Lone Star Flight Museum
Galveston Texas

Photos taken at Lone Star Museum Galveston Texas by Robert Moore 4/6/2006.

Capt. Ray Hawkins

Capt. R.M. "Butch" Voris

Robert Moore (AM3 Blue Angel 1952/54)

 

Photos taken by Will Auen

Photos taken by John Miers.

The Bearcat is an F8F-2. It was built in 1948, accepted by the Navy on 11 Nov., and delivered to NAS Alameda on 2 Dec. After assignment to a number of Navy bases in the U.S., it was placed in storage in 1953. Lone Star Flight Museum obtained it from storage in Quantico in 1997.

Texas Aviation Hall of Fame/Lone Star Flight Museum at Galveston Texas there web-site is
 http://www.lsfm.org/

More photos of the new paint job for BuNo 121776.
http://community.webshots.com/album/348026068XZvxYs/3

The Blue Angel Alumni would like to thank
Will Auen for sharing these photos with us


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