[hyair]

Gary and Southwestforests - Thanks for the reply's.

The Fury Fj-2 was developed from the f 86 E. Sabre.
So it retained the J47 engine with 6000 lb thrust and front gear strut was changed to
longer one while a hook was added for carrier landings . These changes added some
500 kg. to the plane weight. Externally there was also a change as the 6 machine guns of 0.5
were replaced by 4 × 20 mm colt 12 guns.
The navy made trials for carrier adaptation but these were not a success as the landing
speed was higher from the Cougar and the approach stability was found lacking.
Because of these reasons the Fj-2 was handed over to the marine corps units that were
operating from land bases. The production run totaled 200 Fj-2.
The service was very short from 1954 to 1956 and later reserve units till 1957.
Later Fury's were much more successful and the Fj-3 was a very different
design with the J65 engine with 7500 lb thrust and more fuel in the body.
The top number - the Fj-4 was a totally new plane designed from the outset
to carrier operations and was served until the mid 60's with the navy.
The B version of the Fj-4 was adapted to carry 4 Bullpap missiles.

Yair