"John Keeney" wrote in message ...
"WaltBJ" wrote in message
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(robert arndt) wrote in message

Sounds like he's describing a F7-U Cutlass... maybe?

SNIP:
Bill Gunston in his great book "Fighters of the Fifties" states an
F7U3 Cutlass exceeded 1.01 in a weapons release dive bomb test.
Looking at the picture of a F7U3 I can see why there would be massive
canopy buffeting. It's really humpbacked and most certainly flow
separation would occur at high speed.
FWIW I saw one take off from our base on Okinawa and I immediately saw
why it was nicknamed "Gutless." T/O roll with both AB lit was about
6000-6500 feet, a lot longer than our own LeadSled F86Ds.
Walt BJ

The Cutlass is one of those planes I've never seen, even
in a museum. I was tempted to offer it up as one I would
like to see with uprated engines in the thread on RAMN
simply because I'ld like to see one fly but understand
that wouldn't be a "good thing" for the pilot with those
original engines.

Wasn't the Cutlass designed as the first production aircraft with afterburners?

DV-D