North American FJ-2 Fury

[Triton]

Published on Mar 30, 2012

United States Navy training film from 1953, aimed at teaching Navy pilots the flight characteristics of the new FJ-2 jet fighter.

The North American FJ-2 Fury was a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter created for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Based on the United States Air Force's F-86 Sabre, these aircraft featured folding wings, and a longer nose landing strut designed to both increase angle of attack upon launch and 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 was a completely different aircraft.

http://youtu.be/PJ_l5-yqR94

 

[TomcatViP]

Another beautiful video:

All aluminum Marines FJ-2 carrier Op 1955

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O81ADbaf5dQ

 

[CJGibson]

What are these stores on this Fury?

 

[NMaude]

A special store maybe?

 

[HaveVoid]

What are these stores on this Fury?View attachment 747382

A buddy refueling store - aircraft would have carried a pair of them.

Some good pics and info at this link: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2021/08/things-under-wings-north-american-fj-4.html?m=1

 

[Archibald]

The thing that looks like a turbine at the front is kind of propeller to power the hose deployement. A bit like a ram-air turbine, except for a refueling pod.

 

[CJGibson]

A buddy refueling store - aircraft would have carried a pair of them.

Some good pics and info at this link: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2021/08/things-under-wings-north-american-fj-4.html?m=1

There is a pair of them.

Thanks

Chrsi