page_title: Vought F7U Cutlass
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Vought F7U Cutlass / Operators
caption_attribution_description: A U.S. Navy Vought F7U-3M Cutlass of fighter squadron VF-83 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVA-11) in 1954.
context_page_description: The Vought F7U Cutlass was a United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter and fighter-bomber of the early Cold War era. It was a tailless aircraft for which aerodynamic data from projects of the German Arado and Messerschmitt companies, obtained at the end of World War II through German scientists who worked on the projects, contributed; though Vought designers denied any link to the German research at the time. The F7U was the last aircraft designed by Rex Beisel, who was responsible for the first fighter ever designed specifically for the U.S. Navy, the Curtiss TS-1 of 1922.
  Regarded as a radical departure from traditional aircraft design, the Cutlass suffered from numerous technical and handling problems throughout its short service career. The type was responsible for the deaths of four test pilots and 21 other U.S. Navy pilots. Over one quarter of all Cutlasses built were destroyed in accidents.
context_section_description:  United States
  United States Navy
  VC-3
  VX-3
  VX-4
  VX-5
  VA-12
  VA-34
  VF-81/VA-66
  VF-83/VA-83
  VA-86
  VA-116
  VF-122
  VF-124
  VA-126
  VF-151/VA-151
  VF-212/VA-212
caption: A VF-83 F7U-3 launches from the USS Intrepid in 1954 during catapult testing
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