North American FJ-2/-3 Fury
Carrier-capable variant of the F-86 Sabre built for the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The North American FJ-2 and FJ-3 Fury are a series of swept-wing and carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The FJ-2 resulted from an effort to navalize the North American F-86 Sabre operated by the United States Air Force. These aircraft feature folding wings, and a longer nose landing strut designed to increase angle of attack upon launch and to accommodate a longer oleo to absorb the shock of hard landings on an aircraft carrier deck.
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FJ-2 / FJ-3 Fury | |
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An FJ-3M of VF-121 Pacemakers in 1957 | |
Role | Fighter aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
First flight | 27 December 1951 |
Introduction | 1954 |
Retired | September 1962 |
Primary users | United States Navy United States Marine Corps |
Number built | 741 |
Developed from | North American F-86 Sabre |
Developed into | North American FJ-4 Fury |
Although sharing a U.S. Navy designation with its distant predecessor, the straight-winged North American FJ-1 Fury, the FJ-2/-3 were completely different aircraft (the later FJ-4 was again, a complete structural redesign of the FJ-3). The FJ-2 was one of the aircraft used to evaluate the first steam catapult on a US Navy aircraft-carrier.[1]