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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | T2V | |
| Designation: | T2V | |
| Version: | -1 | |
| Nickname: | Seastar | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
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Specifications
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Operators (Past and Present)
| USAF | 12th FTW | Randolph AFB | TX |
| USAF | 14th FTW | Columbus AFB | MS |
| USAF | 47th FTW | Laughlin AFB | TX |
| USAF | 64th FTW | Reese AFB | TX |
| USAF | 71st FTW | Vance AFB | OK |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
T-1A on display
Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| ADCS Mulligan USN/Ret Orange Park, FL | I was stationed at NAS Anacostia/NAF Andrews from 1960 to 1963. The whole time assigned to the "Jet Det" which maintained and flew the T2V. I, as the test flight and fly-away mechanic, accumulated over 500 hours in this wonderful bird. It was one of the high lights of my Naval career. BUNO 200, pictured, was one of our birds. 08/12/2008 @ 10:46 [ref: 22442] |
| bill query , GA | I flew the T-2V when I was a student at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,Calif. That was in 1972/73. Pilots had to fly 4 hours a month to qual. for flight pay in those days. We flew with another pilot that we didn't know and probably would'n fly with again while in school. All flights were at night as we were in class during the day. We would fly two hours then land at NAS Moffet Field and hot refuel while swaping seats and fly two more hours to get in our full 4 hours. Those were always interesting flights as we only flew once a month and were a tad rusty. I don't recall any accidents and I did't have any malfunctions with the aircraft systems. All in all it was a very reliable bird. 08/21/2007 @ 12:16 [ref: 17706] |
| Bob Lyon Helotes, TX | I worked on the OMD Line while at Miramar NAS in '65 and '66 and in addition to 2 C-117's, we had 3 UC-45J's, and 2 T-1A's in our pool a/c. One of the curious things I recall about the T-1A was that it would run on 115/145 avgas as well as jet fuel. The only difference was that we stood by with fire extinguishers like the recips when starting them, it left a thick white ash in the tail pipe and looked like a blow torch when running (no AB)but the pilots noted no appreciable difference in performance. We also had 7 of the last enlisted pilots in the Navy! Great
experience for this young man to work with those men! 07/30/2007 @ 13:26 [ref: 17354] |
| David L. Wilson Tulsa (Sperry), OK | I was Navy 1st class AD Northside NAS in 1955-56. I was on R4D-8s and flew radar students. Gave all tests to the plane captains. We had TV-2s, R4D-8s, R4D-5s, R4D-6s, C45s (SMBs) used for instrument training for pilots. I was there when the old hangers came down and the new hangers were put up. I was also there the day the TV-2 crashed on the north end of the runway. I have a postcard that shows 4 TV-2s sitting on the runway and that 5th plane was scrapped/totaled. The pilot walked away after he dusted himself off. I would like to talk to anyone who was there at that time. Please email me and we can exchange phone numbers.
02/24/2007 @ 19:41 [ref: 15659] |
| Richard E. Dellwo San Diego, CA | As an Ensign, USN,I flew the T2V-1 first at NAAS Whiting field in July 1,1958. I was a T-28 formation insturctor at South Whiting and we had the T1A to maintain our jet qualifications.
My next assocation with the T-1A was at NAS Twin Cities, Minnesota in 1963-66. I was the Attack Training Officer for VA-811 and VA-813. We had 15 A-4B's and 3 T-1A's. We used the T-1A to build up 10 hours of jet time for the pilots before they stepped into the A-4 as well as instrument training. It was an excellent bird in that it had Tacan, ADF, VOR and ILS, but only one UHF radio for communication. It was very short legged, 600 miles max. My next assocation with the bird was at NAF Monterey, California at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPGS). We flew the aircraft there with test pilots who had been doing inverted spins at NAS Pax river. We were going to get two aircraft to teach inverted spins to A-7A/B pilots who were having many losses in Vietnam in the 1968-70's. I was the flight training officer at VA-127, NAS Lemoore at the time. I went to Monterey in 1970-72 and flew the airplane again for two years at the NAF while a student at NPGS. I have logged a total of 337.1 hours in the T2V-1/T-1A. Thank you Lockheed Aircraft for a lot of fun flying your machine. 01/13/2007 @ 15:16 [ref: 15178] |
| Rich Lancaster Warminster, PA | I worked on these aircraft at NAF Washington DC (Navy side Andrews AFB MD) when i arrived in 1971. They finally got rid of them a year later and was replaced by T-33's which were in worse shape. 11/02/2006 @ 17:00 [ref: 14641] |
| John Bradford Wetmore, CO | Flew the Seastar while in VRF-32, a Navy ferry squadron. In the late '60s/early '70s we were busy ferrying them to Davis Monthan AFB for desert storage. I agree with the comment abovd that they were "short-legged" fuel-wise. Also, when shutting one down you had to have an air starter hooked up and blowing to insure that no residual fuel remained in the burner cans to start a fire. 01/18/2006 @ 07:52 [ref: 12186] |
| Adam Novak Saint Peters,, MO | I was stationed at Navy Millington with BTG-7 in June,'58. I was a AMH (Hydraulics Mechanic) who worked on the T2V as well as the T-28. I worked the Midnight duty and quartered in those old wooden barracks on the north side. I made the move with the squadron to Kingsville, Texas where we were redesignated as VT-7. The squadron then moved to Meridian, MS but I stayed in Kingsville with VT-21. I was released from active duty in March of 1962. The T2V was a good aircraft to work on except for the BLC (Boundry Layer Control) slat system, a real devil to rig. Many fond memories. 08/25/2005 @ 17:51 [ref: 11089] |
| John McKenna San Carlos, CA | I am correcting my previous entry. The correct aircraft id is TV2 the navy version of the T33 and predecessor to the T2V. I am sorry about my error. 07/25/2005 @ 19:45 [ref: 10837] |
| John McKenna San Carlos, CA | The T2V was the first aircraft That I Worked on as a17 year old AT3 and it was also the first that I flew in. I was stationed at NAS Chincoteague. The T2V was used as a Regulus missile controller. The pilot in the front seat flew the missile and the rear seat guy flew the airplane. this was late 1955 to early 1957. 07/23/2005 @ 23:44 [ref: 10820] |
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