A design and operational history of an aircraft which has often
been perhaps unfairly maligned and deserves reevaluation
The book makes the plausible argument that the F7U Cutlass was
ahead of its time which accounted for its undistinguished service
career
Illustrated throughout, it is believed that many of the photos in
the book have not been previously published
Before his post-retirement career as the author of several books, monographs, and articles on the U.S. naval aviation subjects, Tommy H. Thomason worked as an engineer, manager and executive in the aerospace community for almost 40 years, including two years as a flight test engineer assigned to the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II. Thomason graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering Degree and received a Master of Science in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Additionally, he earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Thomason has an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and accumulated more than 3,000 hours of flight time in 80 different airplanes, helicopters, and sailplanes. He currently resides in Mystic, Connecticut.
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