This 1981 Cessna 172RG Cutlass Is a Not-Too-Complex ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick Retractable gear and a bump in power turn the venerable Cessna 172 into a more efficient traveler.

Some of the best model airplanes are the ones that never get built. ... Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits ... and Vought F7U), this Cutlass, issued in 1954, is the hardest to find.

Despite its Oldsmobile namesake, from 1953 to 1957, the Vought F7U Cutlass was an unconventionally designed jet known for its mechanical shortcomings.

The Boeing 747 remains a tremendously influential model. Its regal nickname is well earned. There were no wide-body airliners before it was introduced, first taking to the skies early in 1969.

“He said the F7U-1 Cutlass,” recalls Feightner, at the time a Navy test pilot with the most flight time in that very aircraft. “I told him I just resigned.” ...