F7U Cutlass book (Naval Fighters 94)

[bercr]

I hope this one will be soon in my library...

http://www.aviationmegastore.com/chance-vought-f7u-1-cutlass--9780984611478-ginter-nfn94-us-jet-aircraft/product/?shopid=LM509b847f4bae064fb71f690d5f&action=prodinfo&parent_id=1&art=110611

 

[Stargazer]

Great to see that the Naval Fighters series is still growing... Can't wait to see this one.

 

[Firebee]

Oh! Looks good. Ginter previously released a book about the Cutlass. This new one is about double the page count.

This is the earlier book:

http://www.ginterbooks.com/NAVAL/NF6.htm

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

It's at the printer. One illustration that didn't get in:

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

And one illustration of many created for the monograph

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

It's also on Amazon now: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0984611479

 

[AeroFranz]

Somebody's been hard at work...I'm sure it will meet the high expectations of those who bought other Ginter books.

 

[Steve Pace]

Steve Ginter is an amazing person having published more than 100 titles himself - many of which he wrote himself. I've been fortunate to have participated in four of his numerous titles. He's a very nice and rather humble man and one of the most unheralded aviation modeler/history publishers on the planet. Keep up the good work Tommy! -SP

 

[Bill S]

It's at the printer. One illustration that didn't get in:

GREAT NEWS TOMMY!


In spite of my best efforts you still got it finished.

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

It's at the printer. One illustration that didn't get in:

GREAT NEWS TOMMY!


In spite of my best efforts you still got it finished.

What Bill means is that he kept sending me stuff that I hadn't seen before and had to incorporate. And then, after I had declared victory and Steve sent it to printer, the details of the other OS-105 proposals became available at the National Archives...

 

[Antonio]

Are the OS-105 contenders described and illustrated?

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

There are illustrations of the Martin 235, the Douglas 565, and the McDonnell 40 and 40A with little or no comparative data other than size and price comparisons. I subsequently acquired information on the Curtiss-Wright and North American proposals but too late to include them in the monograph. I posted artists concepts of these on the OS-105 topic in Postwar Aircraft Topics of Secret Aircraft. I'll add to that at some point, either on my U.S. Navy Aircraft History blog or the OS-105 topic.

 

[bercr]

Is the book only about XF7U-1 and F7U-1 or also about other versions of Cutlass ? Thanks

 

[Tailspin Turtle]

Is the book only about XF7U-1 and F7U-1 or also about other versions of Cutlass ? Thanks

It also describes the F7U-2 and Vought's proposal against the Navy's OS-113 requirement and provides an introduction to the F7U-3.