North American FJ-4 Fury. This is the last flying example.

The North American FJ Fury was the first operational jet aircraft in United States Navy service. Ordered in late 1944 as the XFJ-1 along with offerings from Douglas and Vought, the Fury began as a straight-wing, tricycle gear fighter with a single turbojet passing through the fuselage. Straight wings were seen at the time as the only way to ensure the low speed and stability needed for carrier landings. The first flight of the XFJ-1 took place on September 11, 1946, with the first of thirty deliveries beginning in October of 1947. Download high resolution version (846x393, 66 KB)Photo of FJ Fury taken by me on board USS Intrepid in August 2003. ... Download high resolution version (846x393, 66 KB)Photo of FJ Fury taken by me on board USS Intrepid in August 2003. ... North American Aviation, Inc. ... See also: Jet (disambiguation) A jet is a stream of fluid produced by discharge through an orifice into free space. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Douglas can be: A male given name A Celtic mythological figure, see Douglas (mythology) An airplane manufacturer, see Douglas Aircraft Company, later McDonnell-Douglas, now part of Boeing A river in England, see River Douglas A shire in Queensland, see Douglas, Australia Capital of the Isle of Man, see Douglas... Vought is the name of several related aerospace firms. ... A Cessna 152 with a tricycle landing gear Tricycle gear describes a kind of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. ... Carrier has several different meanings: in telecommunication, a carrier wave in biology, an asymptomatic carrier or a carrier-protein the Carrier tribe, a First Nations tribe living in British Columbia, Canada; also the name of their Athabaskan language a common carrier, a transport business (shipping or telecom) an aircraft carrier... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Flown operationally by Navy squadron VF-5A, the FJ-1 pioneered jet-powered carrier operations and underscored the need for catapult-equipped carriers. The FJ was capable of taking off from an empty carrier without catapult assistance, but on a crowded deck it would be next to impossible. Replica catapult at Château des Baux, France Catapults are siege engines using an arm to hurl a projectile a great distance. ...

With the FJ-2 Fury, the Navy entered the swept-wing era. The existing straight-wing fighters were much slower than the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15, and the lead needed to be regained. The FJ-2 was, in fact, not developed directly from the FJ-1, instead being a navalization of the Air Force's F-86 Sabre - itself a swept-wing evolution from the original FJ-1. Most of the 200 FJ-2 models built were delivered to shore-based Marine Corps units beginning in 1954, as the similarly swept-wing Grumman F9F-2 Cougar had better carrier characteristics. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. History Design began under the bureau designation I-310, which first flew in 1947. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Grumman F9F Cougar (redesignated the F-9 Cougar in the 1962 joint service aircraft designation system) was a aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft for the United States Navy. ...

A Fury displayed on the flight deck of the USS Intrepid museum ship.

1952 saw the beginning development of the FJ-3, which was to be powered by a license-built version of the new Rolls-Royce Sapphire turbojet. First deliveries were September 1954, and an FJ-3 was the first fighter to land aboard the new supercarrier USS Forrestal in 1956. 389 FJ-3s were built, with some being modified later in their service lives to control target drones. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 221 KB)The last flying North American FJ Fury left in the world, as seen at the 2004 Reno Air Races. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 221 KB)The last flying North American FJ Fury left in the world, as seen at the 2004 Reno Air Races. ... The fourth USS Intrepid (CV-11) (also CVA-11 and CVS-11) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. ... A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is an old ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public. ... 1952 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59 and AVT-9) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, the lead ship of a new class of supercarriers, named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The final versions of the FJ were the FJ-4 and FJ-4B, which were more capable than the previous versions in most respects. Internal fuel capacity was increased, necessitating a distinctive, taller 'razorback' rear deck. The tail was modified, as were the wings, to provide more positive control and stability during carrier landings, and the landing gear was widened. The first FJ-4s were delivered in February 1955. The FJ-4B was a fighter-bomber version, capable of carrying double the underwing stores, including nuclear weapons on a single station. Categories: Stub | Pigs ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A ground attack aircraft is an aircraft that is designed to operate very close to the ground, supporting infantry and tanks directly in battle. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ...

With the new designation system adopted in 1962, the FJ-4 became the F-1E and the FJ-4B the A-1E. A-1Es served with Naval Reserve units until the late 1960s. 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

General characteristics (FJ-4)

• Wingspan: 39 ft 1 in (11.9 m)
• Length: 36 ft 4 in (11.1 m)
• Height: 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m)
• Empty weight: 13,210 lb (5992 kg)
• Max take-off weight: 23,700 lb (10750 kg)
• Powerplant: One Wright J65-W-16A turbojet, 7,700 lbf thrust (34 kN)
• Speed (sea level): 680 mph (1090 km/h)
• Combat ceiling: 46,800 ft (14,300 m)
• Range: 2020 mi (3250 km), with two external fuel tanks
• Armament: Four 20 mm cannon, and 3,000 lb (1360 kg) of underwing ordnance, including four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, 6,000 lb (2720 kg) for FJ-4B model

The Sapphire was a turbojet engine produced by Armstrong Siddeley in the 1950s. ...

Related development

• F-86 Sabre

F-86 Sabre at Oshkosh Airshow, 2003 The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. The XP-86 prototype, which would become the F-86 Sabre, first flew on October 1, 1947. ...

Similar aircraft

• F-86 Sabre
• MiG-15
• MiG-17

F-86 Sabre at Oshkosh Airshow, 2003 The first proposals for the North American Aviation F-86 Sabre were made in 1944, but construction was not begun until after World War II. The XP-86 prototype, which would become the F-86 Sabre, first flew on October 1, 1947. ... The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (NATO reporting name Fagot) was a jet fighter developed for the USSR. History Design began under the bureau designation I-310, which first flew in 1947. ... MiG-17 at the Central Texas Airshow, USA, May 2003. ...

Designation Series (Post-1962)

F-1 - F-2 - F-3 - F-4 - F-5 The McDonnell F2H Banshee was a military carrier-based jet fighter aircraft, used by the US Navy from 1951 to 1959 and by the Royal Canadian Navy from 1955 until 1962. ... The McDonnell F3H Demon was a US Navy carrier-based jet fighter aircraft. ... F-4 re-directs here; for alternate uses, see F4 The F-4 Phantom II (simply F-4 Phantom after 1990) is a two-place (tandem), supersonic, long-range, all-weather fighter-bomber built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation. ... The F-5 Freedom Fighter (or Tiger II) is a fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the USA, beginning in 1962. ...

References

• http://home.att.net/~jbaugher1/fjfury.html
• Jane's All the World's Aircraft