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 (jackson) The mixed
bag of aircraft in this photo includes aircraft of a beach
detachment, probably from a carrier in the Med, and one P2V.
Of particular note is the group of Chance-Vaught F7U Cutlass
aircraft, without a doubt, among the strangest looking birds
ever flown by the Navy.
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 (jackson) The Cutlass'
long nose strut was needed to give the aircraft sufficient angle
of attack to take off. Without a separate empenage and
horizontal tail surfaces, the Cutlass was not capable of rotating
for lift off.
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 (jackson) Rear view
of the F7U, widely known as the "tail-less wonder"
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 (jackson) Beyond a
VR-22 R5D, a line of North American FJ3 Furies, derivatives of
the Air Force F-86 Sabre, graces the Port Lyautey ramp.
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