Air Zoo Ice Cream Challenge-Why was the F6F Hellcat so good? The F6F was very maneuverable, and it had good pilot visibility as well as excellent armor plating. Powered by the reliable Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engine, the Hellcat was equipped with six 50 caliber machine guns, making it a match for any fighter of World War II. How many F6F Hellcats are still flying? Today, five F6F Hellcats are still flying, in the hands of Tom Friedkin, the Commemorative Air Force\u0026#39;s Southern California Wing, Paul Allen\u0026#39;s Flying Heritage Collection, the UK\u0026#39;s Fighter Collection and the Yanks Air Museum. How many kills did the F6F Hellcat have? U.S. Navy and Marine F6F pilots flew 66,530 combat sorties and claimed 5,163 kills (56% of all U.S. Navy/Marine air victories of the war) at a recorded cost of 270 Hellcats in aerial combat (an overall kill-to-loss ratio of 19:1 based on claimed kills). Which plane was better Hellcat or Wildcat? The Hellcat was simply bigger, with more armor, firepower, and fuel. Armor included a bulletproof windscreen and 231.2 lbs. (96 kg) of cockpit armor, as well as armor around the oil cooler and oil tank under the engine. The Hellcat had a low-mounted wing, instead of the Wildcat\u0026#39;s mid-mounted wing. Grumman F6F Hellcat Air ZooThe Air Zoo has a wide variety of World War II Era aircraft including the CG-4A Hadrian, P-47D Thunderbolt, C-47 Skytrain, and the Boeing-Stearman Kaydet. 他の人はこちらも質問The F6F was very maneuverable, and it had good pilot visibility as well as excellent armor plating. Powered by the reliable Pratt and Whitney R-2800 engine, the Hellcat was equipped with six 50 caliber machine guns, making it a match for any fighter of World War II. Wildcat Restoration Air ZooFM-2 Wildcat Restoration. Introduced into service in 1940, the Grumman Wildcat was the only effective fighter avalible to the United States Navy and Marine…… Hispano Aviacion HA 1112 Buchon Air ZooGrumman F6F Hellcat · Waco CG-4A Glider · V-1 Flying Bomb · C-47 Skytrain · Curtiss …… Flight Innovation Center 6151 Portage Road Portage, MI 49002. Flight…… Grumman F6F 3K Hellcat National Air and Space MuseumThe National Air and Space Museum's F6F-3 Hellcat, BuNo. 41834, was built at Grumman's Bethpage, New York, factory in February 1944 under contract NOA-(S)846. Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off, beginning STS 78. Instagram-The Grumman F6F Hellcat first flew on June 26, 1942. more. Now …… Photo by Air Zoo Aerospace & Sci Museum in Air Zoo. May be an image. Grumman F6F Hellcat NX4PP Air Zoo for Microsoft Flight Simulator-Grumman F6F Hellcat NX4PP Air Zoo is a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 mod created by jankees. Repaint of Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat #4 from the Air…… Grumman F6F Hellcat WikipediaThe Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the…… -Air Zoo events-