Lockheed T-33 Silver Star Specifications:
Lockheed P-80 and T-33 Shooting Star Variants at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast |
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| Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, OH | Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star at the New England Air Museum near Hartford, CT |
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| Canadair CT-133 Silver Star at the Canadian Air & Space Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star at the Delaware Valley Historical Aviation Association Museum in Willow Grove, PA |
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| A Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Nose at the Air Victory Museum in Lumberton, NJ | Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star at Naval Air Station Wildwood in Rio Grande, NJ |
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| Another Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star at this same museum | Canadair CT-133 Silver Star at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
Length: 38 feet 10 inches
Wingspan: 126 feet, 2 inches
Height: 11 feet, 4 inches
Crew: 1
Weight: Empty 8,400 lbs Loaded - 16,800 lbs
Max Speed: 580 mph
Cruise Speed: 437 mph
Range: 1,100 miles
Service Ceiling: 16,800 feet
Fuel Capacity: 425 gallons internally, 460 gallons in external tanks
Powerplant: Allison J33 turbojet 5,400 lbs. thrust
Armament:
Six .50-cal. machine guns
Eight 5 inch rockets or 2,000 lbs of bombs externally
First Flight : Jan. 8, 1944
Cost: $93,456
Here's a very good quality Youtube Lockheed T-33 video showing the jet doing aerobatics from the cockpit. Here is a T-33 Youtube Video showing a gear retraction test on this very Silver Star at the CHWM.
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