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1:72 Blue Angels "Beetle Bomb" Bearcat
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The Bearcat was the second aircraft type the Blue Angels used, utilizing the F8F-1 between 1946 and 1950. As an "adversary " for the Blues, a T-6 was used until 1949, later replaced by this F8F-1 called "Beetle Bomb. "
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1:72 "Smirnoff" F8F-2 Bearcat
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Mira Slovak flew this all white F8F-2 Bearcat to victory in the very first Reno unlimited race in 1964. Mira Slovak defected from Czechoslovakia on March 23rd 1953 as a CSA Airlines captain flying his C-47 to freedom in West Germany. Living in the US, Mira made his living as a crop duster, then went on to race unlimited hydroplanes before being asked to fly this Bearcat owned by Bill Stead in the very first Reno air races.
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1:144 "Smirnoff" F8F-2 Bearcat
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Mira Slovak flew this all white F8F-2 Bearcat to victory in the very first Reno unlimited race in 1964. Mira Slovak defected from Czechoslovakia on March 23rd 1953 as a CSA Airlines captain flying his C-47 to freedom in West Germany. Living in the US, Mira made his living as a crop duster, then went on to race unlimited hydroplanes before being asked to fly this Bearcat owned by Bill Stead in the very first Reno air races.
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1:48 Blue Angels "Beetle Bomb" Bearcat
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The Bearcat was the second aircraft type the Blue Angels used, utilizing the F8F-1 between 1946 and 1950. As an "adversary " for the Blues, a T-6 was used until 1949, later replaced by this F8F-1 called "Beetle Bomb. "
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1:72 Blue Angels Bearcats
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The Bearcat was the second aircraft type the Blue Angels used, utilizing the F8F-1 from 1946 through 1950. This set will letter any ONE of the five Bearcats in the unit.
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1:48 "Smirnoff" F8F-2 Bearcat
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Mira Slovak flew this all white F8F-2 Bearcat to victory in the very first Reno unlimited race in 1964. Mira Slovak defected from Czechoslovakia on March 23rd 1953 as a CSA Airlines captain flying his C-47 to freedom in West Germany. Living in the US, Mira made his living as a crop duster, then went on to race unlimited hydroplanes before being asked to fly this Bearcat owned by Bill Stead in the very first Reno air races.
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1:32 Blue Angels "Beetle Bomb" Bearcat
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The Bearcat was the second aircraft type the Blue Angels used, utilizing the F8F-1 between 1946 and 1950. As an "adversary " for the Blues, a T-6 was used until 1949, later replaced by this F8F-1 called "Beetle Bomb. "
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1:48 Blue Angels Bearcats
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The Bearcat was the second aircraft type the Blue Angels used, utilizing the F8F-1 from 1946 through 1950. This set will letter any ONE of the five Bearcats in the unit.
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1:32 Blue Angels Bearcats
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The Bearcat was the second aircraft type the Blue Angels used, utilizing the F8F-1 from 1946 through 1950. This set will letter any ONE of the five Bearcats in the unit.
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1:32 "Smirnoff" F8F-2 Bearcat
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Mira Slovak flew this all white F8F-2 Bearcat to victory in the very first Reno unlimited race in 1964. Mira Slovak defected from Czechoslovakia on March 23rd 1953 as a CSA Airlines captain flying his C-47 to freedom in West Germany. Living in the US, Mira made his living as a crop duster, then went on to race unlimited hydroplanes before being asked to fly this Bearcat owned by Bill Stead in the very first Reno air races.
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