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 ...
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 ...
沃特F7U“弯刀(Cutlass)”是一款极具创新精神的喷气式战斗机,冷战期间,美国海军曾希望凭借它取得空中优势。 F7U“弯刀”舰载战斗机拥有相当科幻的造型。 不过,由于F7U的动力不足,难以 ...
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 ...
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 Air ...
Aircraft in the post-World War II era featured a number of novel designs as aerospace engineers mated newly-created jet engines with advanced airframes intended to push the limits of speed and ...
1951年11月,在马里兰州帕塔克森特河海军航空站,爱德华·“Whitey”·菲特纳接到了等待已久的一通电话。电话是海军航空训练司令部的一位上将打来的,他告诉菲特纳,他被选入海军飞行表演 ...
現在說到美國戰機,幾乎大家的印象就是「世界最強」,不過也並非一直都如此,美國也曾經製作過性能拙劣,令飛行員感到難以致信的差勁設計,以下就列舉5種美國最爛的飛機。 第5名:F7U短 ...