Conceived in part from swept-wing, tailless research recovered from the German manufacturer Arado after World War II, the Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was a radical departure from not only every ...

One of those planes was the Vought F7U Cutlass: its unconventional design didn't help much in the looks department, but the Cutlass really drew the ire of American naval aviators because it was ...

One of these was the United States’ Vought F7U Cutlass. The Cutlass differed significantly from most other American airplanes, and leveraged research the German firm Arado had conducted during ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: On the 67th anniversary of the Cutlass’ first flight ... The 320 Cutlasses that Vought built ended up killing no fewer than 25 pilots in wrecks.

Such is the case with the Vought F7U Cutlass. The story of this stunning-looking single-seat, twin-engined, carrier-based fighter jet dates back to the end of the Second World War. After this ...

The Vought F7U Cutlass was visually distinct. This was a design from the dawn of the jet age, when designs were not standardized and there was room for experimentation. The F7U was a result of ...