Form doesn't always follow function when it comes to fighter jets. Even planes that look like spaceships and feature the latest technology can have too much hope invested in them far too quickly. Such ...

Rex Beisel designed the legendary F4U Corsair fighter, a World War II piston heavyweight that served through the Korea conflict and was “one of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps’ finest fighters,” ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The prototype first flew in September 1948, and problems began almost immediately. Rex Beisel designed the legendary F4U Corsair fighter, a World War II piston ...

The Chance Vought F7U Cutlass was ahead of its time In 1948 when it first flew it could hardly have been more exotic or state of the art a tail less fighter to be powered by two afterburning jet ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A letter and poster from John Konrad, Chief Pilot with Chance Vought, to Wilson C. Travis, a young boy, regarding the Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass.