Lockheed T-33 - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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 ...
T-33A Shooting Star – Air Mobility Command Museum
WEBT-33A Shooting Star. In 1943, during World War II, the United States Army Air Corps asked the Lockheed Aircraft Company to quickly design a fighter (XP-80) around the British de Havilland 3,000-lb. thrust turbojet engine designed by Sir Frank Whittle.
T-33 Shooting Star | Pacific Coast Air Museum | USAF jet trainer
WEBThe T-33 was developed from the highly successful P-80 Shooting Star, Lockheed's first jet fighter and the first U.S. military jet to reach operational status. The T-33 first flew in 1948. The T-33 had a single Allison J-33 engine of 5,400 lbs. …
Lockheed T–33 shooting star: Taming the T-Bird - AOPA
WEBJan 5, 2014 · The result was the Lockheed T–33A Shooting Star, a dedicated trainer that first flew on March 22, 1948, and became affectionately known as the T-Bird. Although only 1,718 of the fighters were built, Lockheed produced 5,691 T-Birds between 1948 and 1959.
Lockheed T-33A-5-LO Shooting Star - Smithsonian Institution
WEBTwo-seat (tandem), single-engine, all-metal, jet trainer; 1953-1980s. Known to all as the "T-Bird," the T-33 was the only jet trainer in the U.S. Air Force inventory from 1948 until 1957 when the Cessna T-37 "Tweet" took to the skies. The T-Bird served as an instrument trainer, utility aircraft, and test platform.
Lockheed T-33A-5-LO Shooting Star - National Air and Space Museum
WEBThe T-33A was the only jet trainer in the USAF inventory from 1948 until the advent of the Cessna T-37A in 1957 and the Northrop T-38A in 1961. It served as an instrument trainer and utility aircraft as well as a test aircraft.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star - National Museum of the USAF
WEBLockheed T-33A Shooting Star. The two-place T-33 jet was designed for training pilots already qualified to fly propeller-driven aircraft. It was developed from the single-seat F-80 fighter by lengthening the fuselage about three feet to accommodate a second cockpit.
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star - Combat Air Museum
WEBCAM’s T-33 was manufactured at Lockheed’s Burbank, California plant and delivered to the Air Force on January 20, 1954. The aircraft was never assigned to a training command, but spent its career with Air Defense Command (ADC) units.
1952 Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star - EAA
WEBThe T-33 was developed by modifying the United States first operational jet fighter, the P-80 (later the F-80) Shooting Star -- one of the many successful designs produced by Kelly Johnson’s team at the Lockheed “Skunk Works.”
1948 Lockheed TV-2 / T-33 Shooting Star - CT Air&Space Center
WEBThe Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American-built jet trainer aircraft, designed from the P-80. Design work for the Lockheed P-80 began in 1943 with the first flight on 8 January 1944.