NAA FJ-3 Fury: Gimme the Power.

Not twotally happy with the FJ-2, and while its development was not yet completed,the US. Navy instigated the conception of more powerful variant sharing the same basic airframe. The resultant FJ-3 was powered by the Wright J65. That license-built version of the British Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet offered one fifth more power that the FJ-2’s GE J47.
In spite of serious initial problems with the J65 engine, the US. Navy found in the FJ-3 a very useful asset, specially in view of their previous experiences with the FJ-2. The FJ-3 started its operational life in 1955 and around half thousand of them served until the early 1960s.

Beautifully posed photo of an early FJ-3 (with its slatted wing) of the VF-173 in its superb overall Glossy Sea Blue livery taken on the deck of the USS Bennington (CVA-20). The H-3 or H-4 of its aviator is a golden plus.