By Tommy H. Thomason

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlass

 

https://www.crecy.co.uk/vought-f7u-3-cutlass

14 comments:

Davidow said...

Does this book cover all variants of the F7U Cutlass, since the mention of F7U-3 rather than simply F7U in the title bears in mind the fact that only 14 examples of the F7U-1 baseline production variant were built and the F7U-2 was unbuilt? Is there a chapter or section of this book that discusses the A2U attack version of the Cutlass along with the V-389 single-engine derivative of the V-389, since I'd like to thank Bill Spidle for alerting me online to rare photos of the first A2U aircraft under construction?

Tailspin said...

This book covers all variants of the F7U-3 including a chapter on the A2U-1. The preceding F7U-1/2 program is described in detail in a Steve Ginter publication: https://thanlont.blogspot.com/2012/11/f7u-1-cutlass.html

BillS said...

Looking forward to it as I know some of the work that went into it. Can't think of two better Authors for this effort!

FalkeEins said...

..if the 'gutless' Cutlass is 'famous' then I'm a Dutchman!

Pat Donahue said...

I attended your seminar at the IPMS/USA Nationals and got to say you have laid out quite a tasty appetizer for this book! I can't wait to read it.
Pat D

garysc said...

Looking forward to it!

Joe said...

I'm conducting an independent family research project about Naval Aviation photographers in the Pacific Theater. There was a photo in an older blog that came across my research as well and I was wondering if you had any information about its source or the creator of the photo. This is pretty integral to the entire project and it would be a huge help. Would love to correspond further. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

I probably don't but what was the photo?

Anonymous said...

Great

dhmosquito said...

Crecy is now indicating Summer 2024 as publication date. F7U-3 is a favorite. Will we have to wait until then?

Tailspin said...

Crećy may move the date up once we submit the text and illustrations in mid-January.

dhmosquito said...

Tommy, I’m looking forward to reading this book, but now Crecy indicates 30 Sept for release. Is that real, or will it be delayed yet again? Thanks for any update.

Tailspin said...

Al and I just finished reviewing a proof and have returned our comments. 30 Sepember looks good.

Davidow said...

I recently went to the Crecy website and it lists the F7U-3 book as now in stock. I've pre-ordered by copy of this book and I'm expecting it to be shipped soon.