Book excerpt: On March 10, 1948, an FJ-1 Fury jet fighter landed aboard the aircraft carrier Boxer. The U.S. Navy had officially entered the jet age. Built by North American, the Fury shared a prototype with the Air Force's F-86 Sabre. When the FJ-1's straight wing proved unsatisfactory, North American created a navalized F-86E. Redesignated FJ-2, the plane flew primarily with the U.S. Marine Corps. An enhanced version, the FJ-3, was deployed in late 1954. It served in a variety of duties, including as control aircraft for the Regulus missile. The Fury remained with the fleet into the early 1960's. Over 1,100 were produced. This FJ-3 pilot's flight handbook was originally produced by the Navy. It has been slightly reformatted but is reproduced here in its entirety. It provides a fascinating view inside the cockpit of one of history's great planes.