Grumman F8F Bearcat examples I have had the good fortune to photograph in person. The airworthy Bearcat at the Palm Springs Air Museum is actually a G-58 Gulfhawk, one of two civilain-built versions of the F8F Bearcat. The Gulfhawk in Palm Springs is the G-58B, and the G-58A is based at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino.
1945 F8F-1B 122095
Oshkosh 2025
F8F-2 (G58) 122619 #D.1148
Oshkosh 2025
G-58B Gulfhawk “Bob’s Bear”
Palm Springs 2018
F8F-2P 121710
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
F8F-2 121752
McChord AFB 2010
Paine Field 2012
Aviation Day Paine Field 2013
HFF Vintage Air Show 2016
Flying Heritage Collection 2017
HFF, Paine Field 2017
HFF, Paine Field 2019
Erickson Collection; Madras 2023