Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

[supercub]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

Great. love Bearcats. I'm curious, who owns it?

[GRNDP51]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

Great. love Bearcats. I'm curious, who owns it?

Permanent part of the Planes of Fame collection

[Lon Moer]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

Great. love Bearcats. I'm curious, who owns it?

Permanent part of the Planes of Fame collection

It is going to be painted as the Air Museum's original Bearcat was, in honor of Ed Maloney.

[Reever]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

I was wondering how the scheme was going to be determined. Tribute to Ed Maloney, that's great.

[supercub]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

What happened to the museum's original Bearcat?

[Lon Moer]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

What happened to the museum's original Bearcat?

F8F registry

[sledge39]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

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Chino 8-28-1972... Harold Beal in P-51 with Corky Fornoff in ex-Maloney F8F N4995V....

(warbirdregistry) Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA (later Chino, CA), 1957-1972

Harold "Bubba" Beal & Charles "Chubb" Smith/B & S Advertising Inc, Knoxville, TN, 1972-1998.

[Lon Moer]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

First official debut fully finished.

Steve Hinton in the Bearcat and Steven Hinton in Tom Cruise's Mustang.

[Desertdawg]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

Thanks Lon,

Great your keeping this thread going.

[Samuel]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

Some air to air footage of the POF Bearcat!

https://youtu.be/ro7VczZ31P4

[John H]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

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Chino 8-28-1972... Harold Beal in P-51 with Corky Fornoff in ex-Maloney F8F N4995V....

(warbirdregistry) Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA (later Chino, CA), 1957-1972

Harold "Bubba" Beal & Charles "Chubb" Smith/B & S Advertising Inc, Knoxville, TN, 1972-1998.

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The ex POF Bearcat was sold by Beal/Smith’s estate in 1981 and joined the Fighter Collection . It has been airworthy in the UK ever since . That 1998 number is just a paperwork figure . It is now G-RUMM.

https://warbirdaviation.co.uk/Profiles/grumman-f8f-2p-bearcat-g-rumm-fighter-collection/

[Lon Moer]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

The ex POF Bearcat was sold by Beal/Smith?s estate in 1981 and joined the Fighter Collection . It has been airworthy in the UK ever since . That 1998 number is just a paperwork figure . It is now G-RUMM.

https://warbirdaviation.co.uk/Profil...er-collection/

This is what the original Ed Maloney/Air Museum Bearcat looks like now.

[Racer 18]

Re: Yes! The Chino Bearcat!

My wife surprised me with this awesome Bearcat artwork (my favorite aircraft) for our anniversary after working with the artist for over a year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0RnGavRgvQ