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 …

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 …

In the more than 55 years since its introduction, the T-33 has been flown to help train more jet pilots than any other training aircraft type and continues to serve as an attack/trainer (AT-33) …

The T-33 trainer evolved from the P-80. Both were named the Shooting Star. Background. In World War II, Allied intelligence discovered that Germany had a jet fighter, the ME-262. This …

The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is an American subsonic jet trainer first flown in 1948. It was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 by lengthening the fuselage by slightly more than 3 …

2014年1月5日 · Flying a Lockheed T–33 provides a marvelous sense of aviation history. For someone with jet experience, a T-Bird type rating requires about six hours. I didn’t ask about …

Two-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 …

The 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 …

From 1948, the T-33 remained the only USAF jet trainer until arrival of the Cessna T-37A in 1957 and the Northrop T-38A in 1961. Over 150 T-33s were still flying in Air Force and Air National …

2020年1月1日 · The T-33 Shooting Star is Lockheed's longest lasting jet trainer. See the T-33 Shooting Star specifications, evolution and more on Military Machine.