Vought F7U-3 Cutlass | TheaterFire

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Agitated_Car_2444@reddit

Beaut of an example at Pensacola NAS Museum:

https://navalaviationmuseum.org/things-to-do/aircrafts-galleries/

That place needs to be on your bucket list, along with the AF Museum in Dayton and, of course, both museums on the DC mall and at Dulles.

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Occams_rusty_razor@reddit

Is there still a Cutlass in the Soplata collection? I know that since he died a lot of it has been sold off.

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There was one of these at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station just north of Philly in the 1960s. They had an outside display of multiple planes located along side the main thoroughfare where you could pull in and park and then gawk at the planes on the other side of the fence.

Here is a link to that plane awaiting restoration. BuNo 129642, built in 1954. It is believed to be one of only four left.

https://aviationhistorymuseums.com/blog/2020/3/16/harold-f-pitcairn-wings-of-freedom-aviation-museum-willow-grove-pa

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loudribs@reddit

Me and Husk-Kit made a poster about the Cutlass (apologies for potato quality - I’m not near my desktop with the original files). Anyway, what an absolute throbber of an airframe.

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CH2Os@reddit

That is a riot! 😂🫡

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Obnoxious_Gamer@reddit

I was just about to quote that! That poster is hilarious.

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loudribs@reddit

Aww cheers!

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as1161@reddit

Good old gutless cutlass

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Veteran_Brewer@reddit

Such a unique plane. It's terrible it had such a awful legacy. Twenty-five pilots killed accidentally in about 10 years.

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The-Safety-Expert@reddit

Why didn’t they just eject?

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Veteran_Brewer@reddit

https://youtu.be/iLVFse5Dyto?si=hZ1lJ6XQXqkziDQH&t=402

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One-Internal4240@reddit

While the aircraft was indeed a hot mess, it's also yet another platform whose legacy was ENSURED wrecked by the J34 engine. Man, what a box of rats that was.

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The-Safety-Expert@reddit

Can you link me up with an article on why this platform is bad?

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Otherwise_Front_315@reddit

Including my uncle.

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55pilot@reddit

There's one of these in a boneyard at the local airport near me. I'd tow it home, but my backyard isn't big enough to tie it down

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nolongermakingtime@reddit

Holy crap that's a shame

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Laundry_Hamper@reddit

And they only produced something like 300 of them in total.

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91361_throwaway@reddit

Some dude in Arizona is trying to restore one to flying condition….

https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/fall-2022/40-years-building-dream

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Eulers_Method@reddit

That was an awesome read! thanks for sharing

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Isord@reddit

Restoring it to crashing condition.

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Era_of_Sarah@reddit

There’s pieces of one at the MAPS air museum in Canton OH. Kinda neat to see in its decrepit state actually

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Grape-Snapple@reddit

looks like something i'd make in kerbal space program

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Burphel_78@reddit

This could be arranged. I have the day off…

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Burphel_78@reddit

KSP Cutlass. Not much fun to fly there, either.

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fulltiltboogie1971@reddit

I'm guessing they didn't intend for the gun to expell the spent casings right into the engine now did they.

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fullouterjoin@reddit

OCG, onboard chaff generator.

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baron_lars@reddit

Engine rich exhaust generator

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Archididelphis@reddit

I have a reissue of a Timmee toy plane from the 1960s or '70s that looks jusr a bit like this. That's all you need to know about the state of aviation at the time.

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Top_Investment_4599@reddit

Just came at a bad time when the aviation industry was figuring out how high-pressure hydraulics, turbojets, tailless deltas and high-speed aerodynamics worked at the same time. Any one of those would've been a major problem to solve but all 4 at the same time? Very tough.

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Pranfreuri@reddit

The TENTE (a spanish lego clone) aircraft carriers had this plane on deck as the standard fighter.

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LeatherRole2297@reddit

There’s a guy in Arizona who’s been building his own Cutlass. The work of a lifetime, and he may be relatively close!

https://airandspace.si.edu/air-and-space-quarterly/fall-2022/40-years-building-dream

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