The Roar of the Grumman Cats (CD) by Aircraft Records
Item Number: AC-1016
On this 2 CD set Aircraft Records brings you the thrilling sounds of four carrier based Navy and Marine Corps fighter aircraft designed by the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation during the WW2 era. They are the FM-2 Wildcat, the F6F Hellcat, the F7F Tigercat and the F8F Bearcat. You’ll hear every sound these magnificent beasts make, including engine starts, taxiing, take-offs and landings as well as blistering high speed passes and aerobatics. All the Grumman Cats were designed for wartime combat with variants of the Mitsubishi Zero and other Japanese fighter aircraft. You’ll hear the sounds of the Zero, and you’ll hear racing cats powering around the Unlimited Course at Reno. We took a trip to Florida and recorded a wonderful and informative conversation with the legendary Corky Meyer, the man who test flew all of the Grumman Cats of WW2.
So turn up the stereo, close your eyes and imagine that you’re on the ramp at the Grumman factory listening to Corky Meyer overhead putting Grumman’s Cats to the test.
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Disc 1
1. Wildcat: Engine Start Taxi Run-up
2. Wildcat: Takeoff Flight Landing
3. Wildcat: Taxi-back Shut-down
4. Hellcat: Engine Start Taxi Run-up
5. Hellcat: Takeoff Flight Landing
6. Hellcat: Taxi-back Shut-down
7. Tigercat: Engine Start Taxi Run-up Takeoff
8. Tigercat: Flight Landing
9. Tigercat: Taxi-back Shut-down
10. Bearcat: Engine Start Taxi Run-up
11. Bearcat: Takeoff Flight Landing
12. Bearcat: Taxi-back Shut-down
Disc 2
1. Mitsubishi Zero: Engine Start, Flight
2. Saturday Bronze Heat at Reno, 2007: F8F, F7F, Herd of Mustangs
3. Sunday Bronze Race at Reno, 2007: F8F-1, FM-2
4. Sunday Gold Race at Reno, 2007: “Rare Bear”
5. Corky Meyer Interview
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