North American FJ-1 Fury First-Generation Naval Jet Fighter Family
The North American FJ-1 Fury was the company's first jet aircraft and the United States Navy's first operational jet fighter. Its straight-wing, nose-intake design was a transitional carrier aircraft, but the small production run established the procedures for catapult launches and jet deck landings and fed North American's influential postwar fighter work, including the path toward the F-86 Sabre.
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Identity
- Aliases
- North American FJ-1FJ-1 FuryXFJ-1NA-134 FuryNA-141 Fury
- Family Name
- North American FJ-1 Fury
- Full Name
- North American FJ-1 Fury First-Generation Naval Jet Fighter Family
- Roles
- militaryexperimental
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Crew Capacity
- 1
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The North American FJ-1 Fury was the company's first jet aircraft and the United States Navy's first operational jet fighter. Its straight-wing, nose-intake design was a transitional carrier aircraft, but the small production run established the procedures for catapult launches and jet deck landings and fed North American's influential postwar fighter work, including the path toward the F-86 Sabre.
- First Flight Year
- 1,946
- Manufacturer
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- fuselage
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Variant Notes
- One General Electric J35 family axial-flow turbojet on the XFJ-1 prototype; Allison J35-A-2 production variant remains unasserted.
- Name
- North American FJ-1 General Electric J35 prototype installation
- Notes
- The Smithsonian identifies General Electric J35 power for the XFJ-1 prototype; the Allison J35-A-2 production fit remains a separate unresolved variant and is not collapsed into this family-level link.
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- Creation Time
- August 9, 2026 at 04:02:19 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 20:40:24 UTC