Wildcat 2 by Buffalo1
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Got a request for a brighter view of the FM-2 Wildcat. Here it is. Enjoy.
Comments (15)
Fantastic airplane and excellent photo my friend.....!!!
That would be a blast to take for a spin I bet. ;']
Wouldn't mind a spin in that myself! Great capture of this wonderful aeroplane!
Well done!!
Thanks, Buffalo. I like this view very much
Great pic. Looks like a pre or early WWII model the "meatball" insign was discontinued for obvious reasons. Later models had six guns which reduced the ammo load that pilots didn't like. Despite that it couldn't compete with the Zero in speed or agility it had armor and tactics were developed and it held the line. When the F-4U and A-6 came into service the Zero became obsolete. Grumman had a "cat" logo with alot of their aircraft littlecat,wildcat,hellcat,tigercat,bearcat,panther,tomcat,agcat,etc.
@vkoontz: It's actually a later model General Motors FM-2 Wildcat painted to look like an early Grumman F4F-3. Hard to tell which model from this angle since the main visual difference is the tail. The FM-2 was much lighter and faster than the six gun F4F-4/FM-1 and went back to the four .50 cal. machine gun armament. See the first Wildcat post on page 1 of my gallery.
Xcellent pic again my friend!!!
nice capture and I enjoyed the history
I like planes and this is a very good one. love thepov
Good picture my friends erland
pristine condition and equally your capture. I seen one of these fly at Dallas
Thanks for sharing!!!
Wonderfully done! (I love the old planes and cars).
Fantastic photo! Beautiful coloring! Great background!! Good day! ~~()~~