10.04.2009, 20:03
FJ-3 Fury
Three prototypes were accepted by the Navy in June, July, and December of 1952, and were subjected to carrier qualification tests aboard the USS Coral Sea. These did not go very well. The new landing gear and arresting hook bumper were too weak for carrier landings under realistic conditions, and the aircraft handled poorly during carrier approaches and landings.
Although disappointed the US Navy was in a hurry to get a swept-winged fighter in service. The production FJ-2 Fury was to be powered by the General Electric J47-GE-2 engine, this brought the FJ-2 up to F-86F standards. Full naval equipment, including catapult attachment points and arrester gear, was fitted. Wheel track was increased eight inches over the USAF Sabre, and the landing gear was beefed up and made more robust. The FJ-2 had folding wings and was armed with 4 20-mm cannon with 600 rounds. Because of North American's commitments to the F-86F program, production of the FJ-2 got under way rather slowly at Columbus. The first FJ-2 (BuNo 131927) was delivered in November of 1952. By the time of the end of the Korean War, only seven FJ-2 aircraft had been delivered.
The skin is based on the sea-blue Fury flown by LTJG W H VAN DYKE as part of VF-51 at Miramar in 1954.
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GJE52
Three prototypes were accepted by the Navy in June, July, and December of 1952, and were subjected to carrier qualification tests aboard the USS Coral Sea. These did not go very well. The new landing gear and arresting hook bumper were too weak for carrier landings under realistic conditions, and the aircraft handled poorly during carrier approaches and landings.
Although disappointed the US Navy was in a hurry to get a swept-winged fighter in service. The production FJ-2 Fury was to be powered by the General Electric J47-GE-2 engine, this brought the FJ-2 up to F-86F standards. Full naval equipment, including catapult attachment points and arrester gear, was fitted. Wheel track was increased eight inches over the USAF Sabre, and the landing gear was beefed up and made more robust. The FJ-2 had folding wings and was armed with 4 20-mm cannon with 600 rounds. Because of North American's commitments to the F-86F program, production of the FJ-2 got under way rather slowly at Columbus. The first FJ-2 (BuNo 131927) was delivered in November of 1952. By the time of the end of the Korean War, only seven FJ-2 aircraft had been delivered.
The skin is based on the sea-blue Fury flown by LTJG W H VAN DYKE as part of VF-51 at Miramar in 1954.
Waiting for download link
Hope you like it
GJE52
