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    SkyMax F8F-1 Bearcat 1/72 Die Cast Model

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      SkyMax F8F-1 Bearcat 1/72 Die Cast Model

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      Grumman F8F Bearcat Diecast Model
      USN Blue Angels, "Beetle Bomb", 1949

      1:72 Scale Length 4.75" Width 6"
      Grumman F8F Bearcat

      In the Blue Angels' early years, the demonstration included a mock dogfight with an all-yellow "enemy" aircraft nicknamed the "Beetle Bomb". This role was originally undertaken by an SNJ but as the Blues transitioned from the F6F Hellcat to the F8F Bearcat, the SNJ was traded for an yellow F8F of the same name. Three F8Fs would perform the maneuvers until the enemy would attack the three Bearcats to begin a dogfight. At this point the forth F8F would join the group that would then split into two two-plane sections to pursue the enemy. The enemy pilot would always lose the fight ending in his aircraft hurdling towards the ground in smoke and a dummy thrown out to represent the pilot bailing out.