The first production model of the Cutlass, F7U-1, entered service during July 1951. It was promptly followed by F7U-2 and F7U-3, improved models that were equipped with more …

Jun 4, 2017 · The F7U featured hydraulically powered controls, an “artificial feel” control system and a steerable nose wheel. It was also the first fighter to catapult from a carrier with nearly …

May 26, 2025 · The F7U Cutlass was the last design overseen by Vought’s Rex Beisel, who designed the first Navy-specific fighter aircraft (the Curtiss/Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1 in 1922) …

3 days ago · The F7U was the final designed aircraft of Rex Beisel and was built without tail assembly and no other horizontal surface aside from its wings. It first flew in September 1948 …

Jun 20, 2023 · Following the end of the war in Europe, the US Navy opened a competition for a new carrier-based fighter that could reach up to 600 MPH at 40,000 feet. The F7U Cutlass …

Designed by Rex Beisel, who also designed the unconventional looking F4U Corsair, the F7U was ahead of its time and the capabilities of available power plants, resulting in its nickname the...

The Chance-Vought F7U Cutlass, a swept-wing, tail-less fighter, was one of the most radical aircraft to reach the U.S. Fleet. Its career was brief but dramatic.

The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier -based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era.

It was the first tailless production fighter in the United States as well as the Navy's first jet equipped with swept wings and the first to be designed with afterburners. The Cutlass was …

It was the first production naval aircraft to achieve supersonic flight, the first to release bombs at a speed greater than the speed of sound and the first to be catapulted from a carrier while …