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 ...
Until a few years ago, this U.S. Navy carrier-based jet fighter-also capable as a fighter-bomber-sat exposed in the backyard of the Walter Soplata Aviation Collection in Newbury, Ohio, slowly ...