Today, when people look back at the Pacific theatre, there are two American fighter aircraft which are often remembered together . Those are; the Vought F4U Corsair, and the Grumman F6F Hellcat.

The lightweight aircraft was equipped with a 950-horsepower ... and a turbocharger for high-altitude flying. The Grumman F6F Hellcat could be ranked among the top aircrafts; however, it was ...

For the company’s fourth Navy fighter, sandwiched between the successful F4F Wildcat and F6F Hellcat ... the quality of the Long Island-produced airplanes was such that in 1942 Vice Admiral ...

During his Navy career, Hardy flew the Grumman F6F Hellcat, but it’s not his favorite airplane. He prefers Grumman’s F8F Bearcat. “It beat the P-51 in the Reno Air Races,” he says.