North American
FJ-1 Fury
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer North American Aviation
First flight 11 September 1946
Introduction October 1947
Status Retired
Primary user United States Navy
Number built 33 (including prototypes)
Developed into North American F-86 Sabre
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History North American Aviation FJ-1 Fury
The North American FJ-1 Fury was the first operational jet aircraft in United States Navy service, and was developed by North American Aviation as the NA-135 The FJ-1 was an early transitional jet of limited success which carried over similar tail surfaces, wing, and canopy derived from the piston-engined P-51D Mustang. The evolution of the design to incorporate swept wings would become the basis for the land-based XP-86 prototype - itself originally designed with a very similar straight-wing planform to the FJ-1 airframe - of the United States Air Force's enormously influential F-86 Sabre, which in turn formed the basis for the Navy's carrier-based North American FJ-2/-3 Fury.
Design and development
Ordered in late 1944 as the XFJ-1 in competition with proposals from Douglas and Vought, the Fury began as a straight-wing, tricycle gear fighter with a single turbojet passing through the fuselage. The wing, empennage, and canopy strongly resembled that of the piston-engined P-51D Mustang, North American Aviation's highly successful World War II fighter, enclosing a relocated cockpit accommodation further forward in relation to the Mustang's design, to ensure good forward pilot visibility for carrier operations.)0
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North American FJ-1 Fury
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 34 ft 5 in (10.48 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 2 in (11.63 m)
Height: 14 ft 10 in (4.52 m)
Wing area: 221 sq ft (20.5 m2)
Powerplant
Fuel capacity: JP-4 fuel:- 437 US gallons (364 imp gal; 1,650 L) internals + 2x 200 US gallons (170 imp gal;
760 L) drop tanks
Powerplant: 1 × Allison J35-A-2 turbojet, 4,000 lbf (18 kN) thrust
Specifications
Maximum speed: 547 mph (880 km/h, 475 kn) at 9,000 ft (880 km/h
at 2,743 m)
Range: 1,496 mi (2,407 km, 1,300 nmi) with external tanks
Service ceiling: 32,000 ft (9,753 m)Rate of climb: 3,300 ft/min (17 m/s) at sea level
Armament
Guns: 6 X 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M3 Browning machine guns (1,800 rounds in total)
Bombs: 5,300 lb (2,400 kg) of payload
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The North American F-86 Sabre, Sometimes Called The Sabrejet, Is A Transonic Jet Fighter Aircraft. Produced By North American Aviation.
First Flight US Navy
The first flight of the prototype XFJ-1 took place on 11 September 1946,. Flown by Navy squadron VF-5A, the FJ-1 made the USN's first operational aircraft carrier landing with a jet fighter at sea
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