4 results found
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Aircraft Name: | Conquest I |
| City / Airport: | Mojave - Air and Space Port (KMHV / MHV)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1973 |
| Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
| Photo ID: | 380097Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1007 |
Race modified F8F-2 Bureau Number 121646 owned by Mr. Darryl Greenamyer. This a/c, with Greenamyer flying, won six unlimited race championships. On 16 August 1969 Greenamyer set a speed record for piston engine aircraft of 483 MPH (777 KM/HR) using this a/c. Mr. Greenamyer donated N1111L to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in 1977, where it is on display.
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| City / Airport: | Mojave - Air and Space Port (KMHV / MHV)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1973 |
| Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Aircraft Name: | Conquest I |
| City / Airport: | Mojave - Air and Space Port (KMHV / MHV)Map |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1973 |
| Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
| Photo ID: | 380097Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1007 |
Race modified F8F-2 Bureau Number 121646 owned by Mr. Darryl Greenamyer. This a/c, with Greenamyer flying, won six unlimited race championships. On 16 August 1969 Greenamyer set a speed record for piston engine aircraft of 483 MPH (777 KM/HR) using this a/c. Mr. Greenamyer donated N1111L to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in 1977, where it is on display.
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| City / Airport: | Mojave - Air and Space Port (KMHV / MHV)Map | Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Photo Date: | October 1973 |
| Photo by: | Bob ThomasContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Photo ID: | 125865Submit Correction |
| View count: | 522 |
Darryl Greenamyer's record-breaking modified Bearcat. Aircraft Cylinder was the name of the company that supplied the R-2800 engine. Greenamyer died of old age in 2018.
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Photo ID: | 125865Submit Correction |
| View count: | 522 |
Darryl Greenamyer's record-breaking modified Bearcat. Aircraft Cylinder was the name of the company that supplied the R-2800 engine. Greenamyer died of old age in 2018.
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1 May 2016 |
| Photo by: | Peter de JongContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 9 April 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Photo ID: | 46613Submit Correction |
| View count: | 578 |
In 1969 this F8F broke the 30-year-old speed record for a piston-engined aircraft by reaching 777 kilometers (483 miles) per hour. Now on display at the wonderful NASM Udvar-Hazy Center.
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 April 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 9 April 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Photo ID: | 46613Submit Correction |
| View count: | 578 |
In 1969 this F8F broke the 30-year-old speed record for a piston-engined aircraft by reaching 777 kilometers (483 miles) per hour. Now on display at the wonderful NASM Udvar-Hazy Center.
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 April 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. GardinerContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 17 April 2013 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 21042Submit Correction |
| View count: | 257 |
On 16.8.69, Darryl Greenamyer broke the three kilometre speed record at 483 mph in this highly modified Bearcat "Conquest 1". The previous record had been set in 1939 in a Messerschmitt Me 209. Greenamyer won the National Air Races six times with this aircraft before donating it to the Smithsonian in 1977
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 April 2013 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Other Marks: | 1 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Grumman F8F Bearcat (G-58) |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map |
| Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Collection: | National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center |
| Photo Date: | 17 April 2013 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
| Photo ID: | 21042Submit Correction |
| View count: | 257 |
On 16.8.69, Darryl Greenamyer broke the three kilometre speed record at 483 mph in this highly modified Bearcat "Conquest 1". The previous record had been set in 1939 in a Messerschmitt Me 209. Greenamyer won the National Air Races six times with this aircraft before donating it to the Smithsonian in 1977
| Registration / Serial: | N1111L |
| Aircraft Version: | Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat |
| C/n (msn): | D.1020 |
| Operator Titles: | American Jet |
| City / Airport: | Washington - Dulles International (KIAD / IAD)Map | Region / Country: | Virginia, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 April 2013 |
| Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |