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Description
| Notes: FULL-CANTILEVER, low wing, flight trainer (2 CREW) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | T-33 | |
| Designation: | T-33 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Nickname: | Shooting Star | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
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Specifications
| Length: | 37' 8" | 11.4 m | |
| Height: | 11' 7" | 3.5 m | |
| Wingspan: | 37' 6" | 11.4 m | |
| Gross Weight: | 14,998 lb | 6,802 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 15,000 lb | 6,802 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Allison J33-A | ||
| Thrust (each): | 5,400 lb | 2,448 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 1,000 miles | 1,610 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 455 mph | 732 km/h | 395 kt |
| Max Speed: | 525 mph | 845 km/h | 456 kt |
| Ceiling: | 45,000 ft | 13,715 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
T-33 A on display
Air Force Flight Test Center Museum | Air Mobility Command Museum | Air Power Park and Museum | ||
Alaska ANG - 176th Gp, Anchorage | Castle Air Museum | Dyess Linear Air Park | Glenn L. Martin Aviation Museum | |
Heritage In Flight Museum | Hill Aerospace Museum | International Sport Aviation Museum | Keesler AFB Air Park |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Clifford L. Sheppard lake orion, MI | The last time I had the controls of a T33 was in 1959. For me it was a sweet bird. Wish I could do it again but like many of us time changes things! 07/28/2010 @ 01:02 [ref: 28418] |
| Robert Campbell , NH | My memories of the old T-bird are many. First of all it was a mother to TRIM for pitch at high altitude! A new guy who had never flown before (me) could get really woozy porpoising up and down as I tried to thumb just the right spot to get straight and level!? Second, once my instructor and I slipped the surly bonds up to something like 35,000 ft, where he asked me if I "would like to break the sound barrier"!? "Sure .. what me worry?" We nose over, keep a high power setting, and he tells me to keep watching the WING!? We start to vibrate, I look out on the wing and here's a shimmering vertical "shock wave" forming. I was in the front seat, he was in the back, so technically (?) I was "through" the sound barrier! Pretty cool. My scariest memory was the day over west Texas when the 4-ship formation I was in solo flew THROUGH another 4-ship formation ... 8 airplanes in a quarter mile box and nobody got a scratch. Bob Campbell 07/17/2010 @ 12:16 [ref: 27150] |
| Charles Stiff Marysville,, WA | Spent nearly my entire enlistment 1967-1970 at Hickam as crew chief on a small squadron of T-33A kept there for office jockey pilots to maintain their flying skills. By the time I left, there were few parts of the T-bird untouched. Back in those days, we had license allowing us to taxi the running aircraft as required. But my greatest thrill, was the day Major XXX showed up alone ready to fly. He asked whose plane he was flying. Since it was mine, he told me to hustle in the van for a suit/helmet. Even though it is an old, slowpoke, I was taken back how responsive an aircraft is in flight. They are truly "born to fly". He was courteous showing me the split ash, and other patterns I cannot remember. I recall my helmet smashing against my nose and my head thumping the canopy as we twisted thru the air. Then we flew to along the Maui cliffs and near a volcanic crater. He gave me controls and from the back, I understood the necessity of instruments as flying level took more skill than looking over the wings or forward at the horizon. My graddaughter gave me a picture of her and her mom sitting in front of a T-33 on display at Dyess. 04/05/2010 @ 11:37 [ref: 25983] |
| Simon Cullum Framlingham, Suffolk, OTH | Have just come across a picture of Cadets from my school being shown a T-33A during a visit to Bentwaters AFB (Suffolk, England)in March 1966. The tail number is 35055 and it also has TR-055 on the jetpipe. I believe T-33s were attached to F4 Phantom units for advanced training and "bogey" missions. Will try to add a picture! 03/02/2010 @ 01:43 [ref: 25803] |
| Tom Reinhart, Jr. , AL | Though not a pilot myself, my dad flew T-33's from Hickam, AFB (Hawaii) in the late 60's - that's how I know of the T-33, and other military aircraft. I wish I could've entered the service and flown like my dad did and developed the fond memories of the fine machines that came after the "T-Birds", "Tweets", "Sabreliners", etc.
TR, Jr. 03/23/2009 @ 18:04 [ref: 24002] |
| Donald Shelton Tucson,, AZ | I was a crew chief on T-birds for a few years while serving with USAF ADC Washington Air DEfense Sector, Byrd Field Richmond VA.S/n 55-3028 , 57-0615. Truly a great airplane good to work on and around. It wasnt bad for rides either!! I have fond memories of those airplanes and my time with them , 1959 to Jan 63. That airplane doesnt get the credit it deserves.It was truly remarkable. 03/20/2009 @ 10:12 [ref: 23985] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | While in the original sand box (Saudi, 1966 & 67), I met the first and only RT-33 I have ever seen. It look a tad strange with the back seat containing the huge radio set standing on it's end. It looked like it already had a back-seater in it, as the cooling fan looked very much like a helmet. They never flew it for some unknown reason. 02/28/2009 @ 18:59 [ref: 23844] |
| Frank McDonald , TX | My first jet ride was in the back seat of at T-33. We flew from Fairbanks to Anchorage in one big hurry. The "driver" circled around Mt. McKinley at 18,000 feet so we could look up, above the clouds, to see the summit. AWSOME!
The next ride was in the back seat of my F-89 during a parade fly-by. You can guess who had to clean up after himself. 02/28/2009 @ 18:48 [ref: 23842] |
| Paul Palmgren Urbana, IL | As a volunteer at the Chanute Air Museum in Rantoul, Illinois, I am surprised that our T-33A, Serial# 52-9797 is not listed. The Museum is located at the site of the former Chanute Air Force Base and has over 40 aircraft on display.
I will see if I can get a good picture to upload. 12/05/2008 @ 19:38 [ref: 23196] |
| George Sheehey New Lenox, IL | My wife entered me into a raffle for a ride in a T33 and I won! Vlado Lenoch, the owner & pilot took me up for about 45 minutes, even let me take the stick for a few. Vlado was great. He did vertical climbs, rolls, upside down, just about everything one could imagine if they were in a military jet. Vlado also owns a beautiful P51 mustang. Wish I could get a ride it that one too! Something I will never forget! 11/05/2008 @ 09:12 [ref: 22979] |
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