North American FJ-3 Fury

Crew:		one
Length:		38 ft 7 in	(11.46 m)
Height:		13 ft 8 in	(4.17 m)
Wing span:
Wing area:		Area 288 sq ft
Weights:	Empty Combat	12,815 lbs 16,632 lbs	(5 825 kg) (7 560 kg)
Engine:
Performance:	Combat Range:	990 nautical miles
Ordnance:	Guns: Other:	Four 20 mm guns 5 inch rockets two AIM-9 missiles	250, 500 and 1,000 lb bombs 260 lb fragmentation bomb
Used from:	FJ-3	March 1957

The North American FJ-3 it first flew in 1953. It was a development of the FJ-2 and was powered by a single Wright J65-W-4 engine. The FJ-3 used the Wright J65-W-4 engine, but had a redesigned fuselage and wings with greater fuel capacity and was used primarily by the Marine Corps.

VF-191 only had one deployment flying the Fury, as CVG-19 aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) early to mid '57

The Fury was quite a shorted lived aircraft, with last being delivered in May 1958 last reported in squadron on 30 September 1962.

 

 

 

Grumman FJ-3 Fury
In the markings of VF-191 Satan's Kittens
On display at the USS Intrepid museum.