Is This A Man From Mars -- On, Just A U.S. Navy Pilot climbing out of the F7U-3 cutlass jet fighter. The cutlass is the first U.S. fighter plane to carry its rockets in an aluminium fuselage pack. After the rockets have been fired, the pack can be reloaded and used again. In the past the plasticized cardboard wing pods were jettisoned after firing. Another feature of the cutlass is that the pilot is not blinded by the rocket's flaring exhaust during night firing because of the location of the