The Vought F7U Cutlass carrier-based jet fighter was one of the most unusual designs ever produced for the United States Navy, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Vought F7U Cutlass was a remarkably innovative carrier-based fighter that failed, in large part because it attempted too much too soon. First flown in 1948, the Cutlass was part of a series of ...

The Oldsmobile Cutlass was introduced in 1961 as the top trim level for the compact, unibody Olds F-85. Named either for the Vought F7U Cutlass US Navy jet fighter, or for the type of sword (the ...

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 ...

In northeastern Ohio, there’s a bucolic airplane graveyard filled with the decaying remains of old jets, like this Vought F7U Cutlass. Here’s an eerie video of these rotting old birds.