About This File
FSX F-8 Bearcat N7825C. This is Alpha Bleu Ciel's Grumman F-8 Bearcat updated for FSX. This Bearcat is painted as N7825C originally wore US Navy BuNo 122674. Its Grumman construction number is D.1227. It was built in 1948. E. Weiner of Los Angeles registered it under its current tail number in 1958. It was bought by Leo Demeers in 1963. Richard Tobey acquired it in 1966 and then sold it to Paul Finefrock in 1969. Gary Levitz picked it up later that year. It has belonged to the Confederate Air Force since 1972. It underwent a major rebuild from 1989 to 1991. It made its first flight after the rebuild on December 17, 1991. Package includes pictures and history of actual aircraft. Textures and updates by Mark Rooks of RDG Aircraft.