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Originally Posted by Olds64
I read someplace that the Oldsmobile Cutlass was named for a British fighter plane. It this true?
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Actually, a cutlass is a sword used by sailors. The name dates to the 1500s. The F7U Cutlass was a U.S. Navy jet fighter built by Chance Vought in the 1950s. It was the Navy's first supersonic production fighter.
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