For every plane design like the F-14 Tomcat or the P-51 Mustang that pilots adored flying, there are undoubtedly several planes that don't earn a good reputation. One of those planes was the Vought ...

Seventy-seven years ago today (September 29, 1948), the Vought XF7U-1 Cutlass made its first flight. This prototype carrier-based jet fighter-bomber eventually evolved into the F7U Cutlass production ...

The “Gutless Cutless” earned its nickname primarily from its underpowered engines. A Vought F7U-3 in May 1953. Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum In November 1951, at Patuxent River Naval Air ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: On the 67th anniversary of the Cutlass’ first flight, the National Naval Aviation Museum took a wry tone. “Some naval aviators who had harrowing experiences in the ...

The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was ahead of its time In 1948 when it first flew it could hardly have been more exotic or state of the art a tail less fighter to be powered by two afterburning jet ...