📌 1940's, Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (51-6718) City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
– LOCKHEED T-33A 51-6718 –
This aircraft is painted to represent RAF Sculthorpe base flight, were the aircraft was saved from scrapping in 1986. 16718 spent it's operational career with the French Air Force and not the U.S.A.A.F were it was returned. It is an advanced trainer built in the 1950's.
Information from the City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American Subsonic Jet Trainer, it was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the U.S Navy initially as TO-2, then TV-2, and after 1962, T-33B. The last operator of the T-33, the Bolivian Air Force, retired the type in July 2017, after 44 years of service.
The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly more than 3ft and adding a second seat, instrumentation, and flight controls, it was initially designated as a variant of the P-80/F-80, the TP-80C/TF-80C. Design work on the Lockheed P-80 began in 1943, with the first flight on 8th January 1944. Following on the Bell P-59, the P-80 became the first jet fighter to enter full squadron service in the United States Army Air Forces. As more advanced jets entered service, the F-80 took on another role, training jet pilots. The two-seater T-33 Jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven aircraft.
Originally designated the TF-80C, the T-33 made its first flight on 22nd March 1948 with Lockheed Test Pilot Tony LeVier at the controls. Production at Lockheed ran from 1948 to 1959. The U.S Navy used the T-33 as a land-based trainer starting in 1949. It was designated the TV-2, but was redesignated the T-33B in 1962. The Navy operated some ex-USAF P-80C's as the TO-1, changed to the TV-1 about a year later. A carrier-capable version of the P-80/T-33 family was subsequently developed by Lockheed, eventually leading to the late 1950's to 1970's T2V-1/T-1A SeaStar. The two TF-80C prototypes were modified as prototypes for an all-weather two-seater fighter variant, which became the F-94 Starfire. A total of 6,557 T-33's were produced:
▪︎5,691 of them by Lockheed
▪︎210 by Kawasaki
▪︎656 by Canadair.
Lockheed T-33 characteristics –
▪︎Role: Subsonic Jet Trainer
▪︎Manufacturer: Lockheed
▪︎Designer: Clarence ''Kelly'' Johnson
▪︎First Flight: 22nd March 1948
▪︎Retired: 31st July 2017 (Bolivian Air Force)
▪︎Primary Users: United States Air Force / United States Navy / Japan Air Self Defence Force / ▪︎German Air Force
▪︎Produced: 1948 to 1959
▪︎Number Built: 6,557
▪︎Developed From: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
▪︎Variants: Lockheed T2V SeaStar / Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
▪︎Developed Into: Lockheed F-94 Starfire / Boeing Skyfox.
Information sourced from – en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_T-33
📌 1940's, Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (51-6718) City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
– LOCKHEED T-33A 51-6718 –
This aircraft is painted to represent RAF Sculthorpe base flight, were the aircraft was saved from scrapping in 1986. 16718 spent it's operational career with the French Air Force and not the U.S.A.A.F were it was returned. It is an advanced trainer built in the 1950's.
Information from the City of Norwich Aviation Museum.
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American Subsonic Jet Trainer, it was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the U.S Navy initially as TO-2, then TV-2, and after 1962, T-33B. The last operator of the T-33, the Bolivian Air Force, retired the type in July 2017, after 44 years of service.
The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly more than 3ft and adding a second seat, instrumentation, and flight controls, it was initially designated as a variant of the P-80/F-80, the TP-80C/TF-80C. Design work on the Lockheed P-80 began in 1943, with the first flight on 8th January 1944. Following on the Bell P-59, the P-80 became the first jet fighter to enter full squadron service in the United States Army Air Forces. As more advanced jets entered service, the F-80 took on another role, training jet pilots. The two-seater T-33 Jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven aircraft.
Originally designated the TF-80C, the T-33 made its first flight on 22nd March 1948 with Lockheed Test Pilot Tony LeVier at the controls. Production at Lockheed ran from 1948 to 1959. The U.S Navy used the T-33 as a land-based trainer starting in 1949. It was designated the TV-2, but was redesignated the T-33B in 1962. The Navy operated some ex-USAF P-80C's as the TO-1, changed to the TV-1 about a year later. A carrier-capable version of the P-80/T-33 family was subsequently developed by Lockheed, eventually leading to the late 1950's to 1970's T2V-1/T-1A SeaStar. The two TF-80C prototypes were modified as prototypes for an all-weather two-seater fighter variant, which became the F-94 Starfire. A total of 6,557 T-33's were produced:
▪︎5,691 of them by Lockheed
▪︎210 by Kawasaki
▪︎656 by Canadair.
Lockheed T-33 characteristics –
▪︎Role: Subsonic Jet Trainer
▪︎Manufacturer: Lockheed
▪︎Designer: Clarence ''Kelly'' Johnson
▪︎First Flight: 22nd March 1948
▪︎Retired: 31st July 2017 (Bolivian Air Force)
▪︎Primary Users: United States Air Force / United States Navy / Japan Air Self Defence Force / ▪︎German Air Force
▪︎Produced: 1948 to 1959
▪︎Number Built: 6,557
▪︎Developed From: Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
▪︎Variants: Lockheed T2V SeaStar / Canadair CT-133 Silver Star
▪︎Developed Into: Lockheed F-94 Starfire / Boeing Skyfox.
Information sourced from – en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_T-33