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North American FJ-1 and FJ-4 Fury: books - history

A book on the North American FJ-1 or FJ-4 Fury? Here are books on the history and technology of North American jet fighters.

North American FJ-4/4b Fury (Naval Fighters)

This book covers the development, testing, and squadron histories of the 33-Navy units and 13-Marine units that flew the North American FJ-4/4B Fury. The original FJ-4 was given exclusively to the Marines and the Bullpup capable FJ-4B "Fury Bravo" was used by the Navy as a ground attack aircraft.
Many attack pilots thought it was a better attack platform then the A4D/A-4 Skyhawk that replaced it, but the higher cost of the Fury sealed its fate. Pilots nicknamed it the "Cadillac" whereas the A-4s two most popular nicknames were "Tinker Toy" and Scooter".

Author:	Steve Ginter
Specs:	106 pages, 28 x 21.5 x 0.6 cm / 11 x 8.5 x 0.24 in, paperback
Illustrations:	260 b&w photographs and 24 drawings
Publisher:	Specialty Press (USA, 1994)
Series:	Naval Fighters (25)