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"Wampus Cat" coming in fast and low

[opelman]

1948 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat NX800H by David G. Schultz Via Flickr: Erickson Aircraft Collection

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Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat, Commemorative Air Force

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Enjoy this YouTube video https://youtu.be/F8f-RH18aj0 of Janet Kuypers reading her “The World Engine” book poems “Osmium” (which is also in the book “Periodic Table Poetry”), & “Osmium when capitalism prevails” (which is also in the book “Twitter Verse Periodic Table Poetry”) during her “Poetic License 3/2/25 Global Open Mic” she hosted through Zoom & a Facebook event page (this video was filmed from a Panasonic Lumix 2500 camera).

#janetkuyperspoetry #janetkuypersbookreading #janetkuyperstwitterverseperiodictablepoem #janetkuypersperiodictablepoem #janetkuypers #janetkuyperspoeticlicense

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GRUMMAN F8F 2 BEARCAT 1945

[wheelscomedyandmore]

Thunderbirds 🤍❤️ & Blue Angels 💙💛

Aircraft Flown by Blue Angels since 1946

1. F6F-5 Hellcat

2. F8F-1 Bearcat

3. F9F-2 Panther

4. F9F-8 Cougar

5. F11F-1 (F-11) Tiger

6. F-4J Phantom II

7. A-4F Skyhawk

8. F/A-18 Hornet

9. F/A-18A/C

10. F/A-18E Super Hornet

Aircraft Flown by Thunderbirds since 1953

1. F-84G Thunderjet

2. F-84F Thunderstreak

3. F-100 Super Sabre

4. F-105 Thunderchief

5. F-4 Phantom II

6. T-38 Talon

7. F-16 Fighting Falcon

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An AD-2D and a pair of F8F drones in flight over Nevada during the Operation Upshot-Knothole nuclear tests, 1953.  

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A gathering of “Warbirds”....

                  ....75 years later….

                       ....where World War II began....

                            ....and World War II ended....

PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII (August 10, 2020) -- United States Navy amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) arrived here with an unusual collection of aircraft -- 14 vintage World War II airplanes.

Instead of a flight deck normally crowded with 21st century F-35B Lightning II fighter jets and helicopters....the warship was on a unique mission to bring a group of historic military aircraft known as the "Warbirds" across the Eastern Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii....

....for a series of aerial parades upcoming in late August and early September 2020 commemorating the end of World War II in the Pacific theatre, exactly 75 years earlier, in 1945.

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“Salute Their Service, Honor Their Hope” is the theme of the commemoration in recognition of the WWII veterans and civilians who contributed to the end of the war....

....at the place where WWII began for the United States with the devastating Imperial Japanese Navy attack on the American Fleet moored at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

The Imperial Japanese Navy destroys the American Fleet at Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941....including the deadly (nearly 1,200 American Sailors died onboard) sinking of battleship USS Arizona (BB 39).

The fourteen historic airplanes are scheduled to conduct a series of flyovers around the island of Oahu, including Honolulu, on August 29 and 30, 2020....

....and in conjunction with the September 2, 2020 ceremony in Pearl Harbor aboard the Battleship Missouri Memorial....where the war was officially ended 75 years earlier aboard USS Missouri (BB 63) while moored in Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945.

The Japanese formally surrender to the United States and Allied Forces aboard battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) September 2, 1945.

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From top to bottom, the color photos at the top of this post:

>>Note: CLICK the photos for a closer look at some of these amazing aircraft....

#1, #2, #3 - USS Essex (LHD 2) arrives in Pearl Harbor with an historic cargo on her flight deck. Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kenneth Rodriguez Santiago, USN

#4 - A Grumman F8F Bearcat carrier-based fighter and North American Aviation P-51 Mustang fighter-bomber aboard USS Essex (LHD 2). Photo: Taigh Ramey, WWII vintage aircraft historian

#5, #6 - A North American B-25 Mitchell bomber (the same type of aircraft used for the daring Doolittle raid on Tokyo in 1942) is offloaded from USS Essex (LHD 2) onto the pier in Pearl Harbor. (Note the distinctive USS Arizona (BB 39) Memorial in the background, lower/center....just beneath the aircraft engine in photo #6.) Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell, USN

#7, #8 - North American T-6 Texan advanced trainers offloaded from USS Essex (LHD 2)....and ready to head for the adjacent airfield. Photos: Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell, USN

#9 - A P-51 Mustang is lifted aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) in San Diego in late July for the ocean crossing to Hawaii. Photo: Taigh Ramey

#10 - A Consolidated Catalina PBY “flying boat” goes aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) in San Diego. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wesley Richardson, USN

[nocternalrandomness]

Douglas A-1 Skyraider and Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat paired up for a pass - Skagit Skies Airshow

[opelman]

1948 Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat and 1952 Vought F4U-7 Corsair by David G. Schultz Via Flickr: Erickson Aircraft Collection

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National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL

June 22, 2018

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Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat

@ron_eisele via X

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Lyle Shelton's F8F-2 Bearcat #77 Rare Bear N777L - Reno 1980

[cursedalthoughts]

PR6 PREDICTIONS - Eagle Union

This time around the burgerboats have plenty of choices for at least 1 PR, maybe even a DR! and I am here to tell you all about them.

Like always: Just like last post: Do not treat any of the following choices as guaranteed. I would not bet money on any of these specific ones getting added as part of PR6 this year, it's just the ships I see as Very LikelyTM.

Let's start with the DRs. There are 2 main candidates and both are effectively the same thing.

USS Delaware

USS Kearsarge

Both are hybrid battleships. We only got 4 BBVs in Azur Lane and they all suck (even if waifu>meta) and are from Sakura. These 2 different hybrid battleships would be, well, different.

Delaware would have access to a squadron of 5 dive bombers that drop 10 bombs (2 per bomber), fast and tanky planes. Her upgraded ones are AD-1 Skyriders, which is a plane that exsisted I guess (I'm not an aviation nerd). Kearsarge, however, has access to attack aircraft; her only option being a squadron of 5 F8F Bearcat.

This means both ships would be able to equip any planes whatsoever (well, dive bombers or fighters, but any of those), unlike the existing BBVs.

Delaware is literally an Iowa with a runway strapped on top.

In terms of gunplay, Kearsarge is an absolute monster - her 12 406mm guns hit like trucks but are delivered in 3-5 shipping days (as in, they're slow). Delaware is ok, her shells are a bit faster because they have longer barrels.

Any of them could be the DR of the Eagle Union.

USS Vallejo

A preliminary design of the Worcester-class light cruisers, she would undoubtedly be a PR. She's mediocre at best - Seattle is better in a lot of regards, but she has a high rate of fire and very good AA. She's an option but honestly, I don't think we'll get her.

USS Tulsa

I can't find info on her existence IRL, so I assume she's a made-up Wargaming ship, meaning she counts for PR6.

Tulsa is a half-sister of the Oregon City-class, meaning she'd be a half-sister of Northampton II in AL (same way Ägir and Brünhilde or Monarch and the KGV-class can be considered half-sisters if you squint).

She fires incredibly, incredibly fast. Her reload rate is 5.8 seconds, which, even if she only has 6 guns, is scary because those are Des Moines guns. Des Moines is a famously great heavy cruiser in WoWs, having a faster-firing variant one tier lower is intimidating.

She would be PR and honestly, I see her addition far more likely than Vallejo. Besides, Tulsa is a cool name.

USS Congress

A preliminary design of the Alaska-class.

Yes. A large cruiser.

I see Congress being the Georgia of USN vanguard ships. She would act as a herald of what's to come for when we inevitable get Alaska (and possibly Guam as well); same way Georgia acted as a tease for the Iowa-class (of whom we have only gotten NJ. PLEASE ADD MORE IOWAS. I DARE YOU). In terms of gameplay she's extremely fragile and weak in the wrong hands, but can be a useful asset. She has good AA, radar, hydroacoustic search, and only 7 305mm guns. But those are 7 very hard hitting 305mm guns, which can devastate anything that's a lower tier.

USS Constellation

The capital ships don't stop coming.

Constellation is a what-if: "what if Lexington and Saratoga never underwent aircraft carrier conversions?"

The answer is a funny little battlecruiser. Well, "little". This shit has more free board than [insert hilarous comparison].

However, despite her obvious weakness of having a lot of flat armor on her sides, she's somewhat fast and has 8 406mm guns. That hit like trucks. Like all American 406mm guns (except you, Colorado. You suck.) And radar. And one of the best AAs of all battleships. And if you thought those were all her gimmicks, she also has a spotter plane, meaning she can fire at a ludicrous range.

Oh.

And torpedoes.

This bitch has torpedoes.

USS Minnesota

She's a fat, slow, slumbering, ugly, hideous battleship. A Tillman design, ever wonder why the Colorados were the last Tillman design? yeah, because they suck.

Minnesota is an enlarged Colorado in the most literal sense. She has 40 seconds of reload. You can genuinely prepare coffee from scratch while you wait for her guns to reload. And her guns are disappointingly innacurate at times.

But when they hit.

Oh god. They hit.

USS Nebraska.

If we get neither Kearsarge nor Delaware, there's always Nebraska.

She would be PR. She's a North Carolina that can launch Helldivers.

USS Annapolis

The hail mary.

She's a super-super Des Moines. She's the heavy cruiser to end all heavy cruisers. If we get her, she would be a DR for sure, and would outdamage some of the already top-tier battleships in Azur Lane. It's impossible that we get her, but it would be incredibly funny.