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 ...

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 Navy wised up in 1949 and canceled an order for 88 F7U-2s in favor of the F7U-3. The -3 version of the troubled fighter boasted several improvements. But it still was underpowered, however.

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 ...

The Navy wised up in 1949 and canceled an order for 88 F7U-2s in favor of the F7U-3. The -3 version of the troubled fighter boasted several improvements. But it still was underpowered, however.

F7U-3 Cutlasses crashed on at least four occasions in 1955, the year this photo was taken over New Jersey. One beautiful southern California afternoon in the summer of 1954, I watched a Navy F7U-3 ...