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 ...

For every plane design like the F-14 Tomcat or the P-51 Mustang that pilots adored flying, there are undoubtedly several planes that don't earn a good reputation. One of those planes was the Vought ...

Volunteers at MAPS Air Museum continue restoration work on a rare Vought F7U-3 Cutlass, rescued from long-term outdoor storage.

Here’s What You Need to Know: All three XF7U-1 prototypes crashed, as did two of the first 14 production aircraft. Rex Beisel designed the legendary F4U Corsair fighter, a World War II piston ...

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 ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. John William Konrad was a distinguished test pilot whose aviation career spanned 56 years. Entering the US Army Air Corps in 1943, he served as a ...