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The XFJ-1 marked the entry of North American into the field of jet-propelled military aircraft. The first prototype flew on 27 November 1946. Thirty production FJ-1 single-seat fighters were delivered to the US Navy, featuring straight wings and a 17.8kN Allison J35-A-5 turbojet engine. After being used for jet familiarisation, these were transferred to Naval Air Reserve units.
Although carrying FJ Fury designations, the next series of single-seat fighters for the US Navy were swept-wing aircraft based on the F-86 Sabre. The first was the FJ-2, first flown in prototype form on 14 February 1952. Production FJ-2 were powered by the General Electric J47-GE-2 turbo-jet engine and were basically navalised F-86E. FJ-3 and FJ-4 variants followed, powered by Wright J65-W-2/W-4/W-16A engines, bringing the total number of swept-wing Furies built by 1958 to 1,115.
| MODEL | FJ-4 |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 x Wright J-65-W-16A, 3470kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 9131 kg | 20131 lb |
| Empty weight | 5992 kg | 13210 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 11.91 m | 39 ft 1 in |
| Length | 11.07 m | 36 ft 4 in |
| Height | 4.24 m | 14 ft 11 in |
| Wing area | 31.46 m2 | 338.63 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 1094 km/h | 680 mph |
| Range | 2390 km | 1485 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 4 x 20mm cannon |
 | A three-view drawing of FJ-3 (1280 x 754) |
| John Powers, jrpowersus=yahoo.com, 22.05.2008 I flew the FJ3 and FJ4B in the reserves out of Floyd Bennett across from Idylwild (aka JFK). This by itself made for exciting flying. It was an incredible delight to fly except when things went wrong which happened too often. One of the most memorable was my introduction to PIO (aka the JC maneuver). | | Ken Langford, liveoakken=ainternet.biz, 15.05.2008 I flew the FJ-4 and 4B's and they were great air to air and air to ground machines. The ergonomics of the cockpit layout left a lot to be desired and you had to be alert to the ultra clean wing in the landing pattern. Four 20 MM cannons in the nose virtually under the cockpit were great. Turn capability extraordinary. | | Ken Langford, liveoakken=ainternet.biz, 15.05.2008 I flew the FJ-4 and 4B's and they were great air to air and air to ground machines. The ergonomics of the cockpit layout left a lot to be desired and you had to be alert to the ultra clean wing in the landing pattern. Four 20 MM cannons in the nose virtually under the cockpit were great. Turn capability extraordinary. | | Jack Sullivan, sullly23cdr=aol.com, 16.04.2008 Best swept wing the Navy had at the time. It outptreformed the F98 and was fun to fly but all our engines were weak at the time. GE and the rest of the engin manufacturers had a lot to learn in these years | | Norman L. Padgett, nlpadgett=comcast.net, 31.03.2008 I flew the FJ-4 in the fleet introductory progaram at Pax River. It was a 'rocking chair' with virtually no surprises. While it didn't have an afterburner, it was supersonic in a slight dive I believe there were only 150 produced and only the Marines had active squadrons of them. | | Jim Bo, 02.10.2007 Great airplane,Was in squadron VF 84 aboard the USS Forrestal during the fifties.We had FJ3m"s. Not complicated easy to work on. | | AL, 10.03.2007 WT AND MEASUREMENTS, HOW HARD TO GET? | | BREEN, CINCINNATIBREEN=AOL.COM, 19.02.2007 UNDER POWERED LIKE MANY OF THE JETS OF THAT DAY...THE AIR FORCE HAD THE F-100 WITH A BURNER... MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE...IT HAD A FLYING TAIL AND WAS A RUGGED BIRD. | | larry, larrypeters1971=yahoo.com, 06.02.2007 Its a very neat aircraft, possibly one of the best carrier aircraft after world war 2 |
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