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1954 Canadair T33-MK3 C/N 369
Canadair T-33A-N Silver Star 3 (CL-30)
Canadair CT-33 Silver Star Mk.3
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The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star, company model number CL-30) was the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star jet trainer aircraft, in service from the 1950s to 2005. The Canadian version was powered by the Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turbojet, whereas the Lockheed production used the Allison J33.
Design and development
The Canadair CT-133 is the result of a 1951 contract to build T-33 Shooting Star Trainers for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The powerplant would be a Rolls-Royce Nene 10 turbojet instead of the Allison J33 used by Lockheed in the production of the original T-33. A project designation of CL-30 was given by Canadair and the name was changed to Silver Star. The appearance of the CT-133 is very distinctive due to the large fuel tanks usually carried on each wingtip.
A total of 656 CT-133 aircraft were built by Canadair.
Operational history
The CT-133 entered service in the RCAF as its primary training aircraft for fighter/interceptors. Its name is an interesting take of the USAF designation "Shooting Star." The RCAF named it the "Silver Star," in honour of Canada's (and the British Empire's) first flight of a heavier-than-air craft, the AEA Silver Dart.[citation needed] The designation of the Silver Star in the Canadian Forces was CT-133.
The CT-133 was reliable and had forgiving flight properties. Its service life in the RCAF (and later the Canadian Forces) was extremely long. One of the more unusual roles it played was as an aerobatic demonstration aircraft, the RCAF's Red Knight. Although the aircraft stopped being used as a trainer in 1976, there were still over 50 aircraft in Canadian Forces inventory in 1995. The youngest of these airframes was then 37 years old and had exceeded its expected life by a factor of 2½. During this period, the Canadair T-33 was employed in communication, target towing and enemy simulation.
The final Canadair Silver Star Mk. 3 was retired from the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada where it was used as an ejection seat testbed after 46 years of service.[3] CT-133 number 133648 was delivered to Mountain View CFD on 26 April 2005. Having been built in March 1959 as [CT-133] 21648, and had 11,394.6 flight hours at the time of retirement. It has been sold on the civil market, along with fifteen other CT-133s. These aircraft will join the fifty others on the U. S. Civil Register and continue to fly as a part of the living legacy of the early jet age.
Variants
T-33A Silver Star Mk 1 : Two-seat jet training aircraft for the RCAF. Built by Lockheed in the USA, 30 on loan to the RCAF.
CT-133ANX Silver Star Mk 2 : The first Canadian prototype. One built.
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Silver Star Mk 3 : Two-seat jet training aircraft for the RCAF.
Silver Star Mk 3PT : Unarmed version.
Silver Star Mk 3AT : Armed version.
Silver Star Mk 3PR : Photo-reconnaissance version.
CE-133 : Upgraded electronic warfare training aircraft.
CX-133 : Ejection seat testbed.
ET-133 : Aerial threat simulator aircraft.
TE-133 : Anti-ship threat simulator aircraft.
Looking aside the silly and nonsensical name for a second, I kind of love how quickly Street Sharks went bonkers. CYBORG JET PACK MUTANT PUNK SHARK!
Sadly, Singapore don't have their Skyhawks in France anymore and they have replaced them with the Aermacchi M346 jet trainer.
But I didn't complain that they exhibited a Cazaux based example in the static at the Tours show this year.
This was the first M346 I had seen, but an Italian Air Force one was also there.
Tours, Indre et Loire, France
7th June 2015
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Some airlines seem to go to great trouble to hide identities of their stored jets but it's still quite easy to see the painted out kangeroo on the ex-Qantas 747-400 in the foreground at Victorville.
This is the ubiquitous and obligatory 'in the jet plane' photograph! No, I'm still in Denver - archive photo!
Turkish Air Force F-16C pictured at the 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. Serial 88-0029.
Landed home safely, but feeling travel weary tonight.
OhioFoothills' group--don't forget to post your challenge pics this weekend, with voting starting on Monday, 19th. I'll have to get out tomorrow and find something from Pike Co. that is Postcard Perfect.
It was a very nice early spring afternoon and I ended the day by laying in my lounge chair in the middle of the backyard enjoying the weather. After about the 10th jet flew over at high altitude, I had to go get my tripod and camera to see what I could do.