This Day in Aviation History
December 27th, 1951
First flight of the North American FJ-2 Fury.

The North American FJ-2/-3 Fury were a series of swept-wing carrier-capable fighters for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. The FJ-2 resulted from an effort to navalize the United States Air Force’s F-86 Sabre. These aircraft featured 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.

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 Fury 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….

Source:
Wikipedia, North American FJ-2/-3 Fury: http://gstv.us/1Uaao2h

YouTube, North American FJ-2 Fury Fighter – 1953 United States Training Film: http://gstv.us/2CcFmrF

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The aircraft on the right is the FJ-2 Fury. The aircraft on the left is an FJ-1 Fury.
Photo from: http://gstv.us/1UaayGT

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