Grumman F8F Bearcat

**Grumman F8F Bearcat** adalah pesawat tempur sayap rendah (low wing) angkatan laut Amerika bermesin tunggal dari 1940-an. Pesawat ini digunakan ke pertengahan abad ke-20 di Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat, yang Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat, dan angkatan udara dari negara-negara lain. Pesawat ini merupakan akhir pesawat tempur Grumman Aircraft yang bermesin piston. Versi modifikasi telah memecahkan rekor kecepatan untuk pesawat baling-baling, dan sangat populer di kalangan pemilik pesawat perang.

## Referensi

* Andrews, Hal. *The Grumman F8F Bearcat* (Aircraft in profile 107). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1972 (reprinted from 1966).
* Bridgman, Leonard. "The Grumman Bearcat." *Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II*. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
* Brown, Eric . "Last of the wartime 'cats'." *[[Air International]]*, Vol. 18, No. 5, May 1980. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. ISSN 0306-5634.
* Chant, Christopher. *Grumman F8F Bearcat: Super Profile*. Sparkford, Yeovil, UK: Haynes Publishing, 1985. ISBN 0-85429-447-3.
* Drendel, Lou. *U.S. Navy Carrier Fighters of World War II*. Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1987. ISBN 0-89747-194-6.
* Ewing, Steve. *Thach Weave: The Life Jimmie Thach.* Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. 2004. ISBN 1-59114-248-2.
* Francillon, Rene J. *Grumman Aircraft Since 1929.* Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989. ISBN 0-87021-246-X.
* Green, William. "Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat". *War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters*. London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961, pp.&nbsp;109–111. ISBN 0-356-01448-7.
* Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "Grumman F8F Bearcat". *WW2 Fact Files: US Navy and Marine Corps Fighters*. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1976, pp.&nbsp;62–63. ISBN 0-356-08222-9.
* Gunston, Bill. *Grumman: Sixty Years of Excellence.* London: Orion Books, 1988. ISBN 1-55750-991-3.
* Hanson, James R. *First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong.* New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. ISBN 0-7432-5751-0.
* Maloney, Edward T. *Grumman F8F Bearcat* (Aero Series Vol. 20). Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers, 1969. ISBN 0-8168-0576-8.
* Manevy, Jean Christophe. "French Bearcats in Indo-China 1951-1954". *[[Air International]]*, Vol. 44, No. 6, June 1993, pp.&nbsp;278–280. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing. ISSN 0306-5634.
* Meyer, "Corky". "Clipping the Bearcat's Wing." *Flight Journal*, Vol. 3, No. 4, August 1998.
* Morgan, Eric B. "Grumman's Hot Rod." *Twenty-first Profile, Volume 1, no. 12*. New Milton, Hantfordshire, UK: Profile Publications, 1972. ISSN 0961-8120.
* Morgan, Eric B. "Grumman Bearcat part II." *Twenty-first Profile, Volume 2, no. 17*. New Milton, Hantfordshire, UK: Profile Publications, 1972. ISSN 0961-8120.
* O'Leary, Michael. *United States Naval Fighters of World War II in Action*. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press, 1980. ISBN 0-7137-0956-1.
* Scrivner, Charles L. *F8F Bearcat in Action, Aircraft number 99*. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications Inc., 1990. ISBN 0-89747-243-8.
* Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. *United States Navy Aircraft since 1911*. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press 1991, pp.&nbsp;241–243. ISBN 0-87021-792-5.
* Taylor, John W.R. "Grumman F8F Bearcat". *Combat Aircraft of the World from 1909 to the Present*. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-425-03633-2.

## Pranala luar

* Grumman F8F Bearcat articles and publications 
* Aircraft.co.za - The Complete Aviation Reference 
* Warbird Alley: Bearcat page - Information about Bearcats still flying today 
* AN 01-85FD-1 Pilot's Handbook for Navy Models F8F-1, F8F-1B, F8F-1N, F8F-2, F8F-2N, F8F-2P Aircraft (1949)
* Pictures from the Grumman archive