Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum’s Larry Wood Profiles the FJ-3 Fury
Developed as a series of swept-wing, carrier-capable fighters, the North American FJ Fury series began as the United States Navy and Marine Corps equivalent to the USAF’s F-86 Sabre. The FJ-1, however, more closely resembles the F-86 Sabre (having a straight-wing design) than its successors; fundamentally different aircraft, the FJ-2 and the FJ-3 feature folding wings and longer nose landing struts to both increase the angle of attack upon launch and to absorb the shock of hard landings on a carrier deck.