List of preserved Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars explained
See main article: Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star.
Aircraft on display
Numerous T-33s have been preserved as museum and commemorative displays including:
Albania
- On display
- RT-33A 51-4413 of the USAF was forced to land in December 1957 at Rinas Airport (Albania) after being intercepted by two Albanian MiG-15bis - on display at Gjirokastra Museum.
Belgium
- On display
Brazil
- On display
- Unknown T-33 - Brazilian Museu Aeroespacial - Musal in Rio de Janeiro.
- Unknown T-33 - Assis Airport in Assis.
- Unknown T-33 - Brazilian Air Force Base in Fortaleza.
Burma
- On display
- Unknown T-33 - Armed Forces Museum in Yangon.
Canada
Most examples in Canada are Canadair CT-133 Silver Stars.
- On display
- T-33A 53-5413 of the United States Air Force at Happy Valley, Goose Bay.
China
- On display
- A former Republic of China (Taiwan) Air Force Lockheed T-33A #3024 on static display (partially wrecked) at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing. This aircraft fell into Chinese hands when a lieutenant of the ROC Air Force defected to mainland China by flying the aircraft there during the Cold War.[3]
Denmark
- On display
- T-33A RDAF DT-102 at Danmarks Flymuseum, Stauning.
- T-33A RDAF DT-289 at Garnisonsmuseet, Aalborg.
- T-33A RDAF DT-491 at Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør.
- T-33A RDAF DT-497 a Gate Guard at RDAF Flying School.
- T-33A RDAF DT-905 at Gedhus museum.
- Stored or under restoration
- T-33A RDAF DT-104 in storage at Aalborg Air Force Base.
- T-33A RDAF DT-884 under restoration at Skrydstrup Air Force Base.
- T-33A RDAF DT-923 in storage at Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingør.
Greece
- On display
- T-33A TR-516 in the Hellenic Air Force Museum.
- T-33A TR-029 in the Hellenic Air Force Museum.
- T-33A TR-516 in Elatia Lokridos, near Lamia.
- T-33 TR-876 near Akrotiri, Crete.
Germany
- On display
Indonesia
.
- On display
Italy
- On display
Japan
- On display
Mexico
- Various T-33s are on static display at the Mexican Air Force Museum, Mexican Army and Air Force Museum and individual air bases.
Netherlands
- T-33A 51-4384 / M-50 is in storage at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg.[8]
- T-33A 51-9028 / M-5 is in storage at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg.[9]
Norway
- On display
Pakistan
- On Display
Peru
- On display
- T-33A-1-LO FAP-455 (ex-USAF 55-4445, c/n 580-9889) preserved at Parque del Aire, Lima.
Philippines
- On display
- T-33 at the Philippine Air Force Museum at Villamor Air Base.
- T-33 at the Clark Air Base Pampanga Province.
- T-33 at the Basa Air Base in Pampanga Province.
- T-33 at Camp Aquino Museum in Tarlac Province.
Portugal
- On Display
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
- On display
- Stored or under restoration
Singapore
- On display
South Korea
- On display
Spain
- On display
Taiwan
- On display
Thailand
- On display
Turkey
- T-33A[14]
- RT-33A
United Kingdom
- On display
- T-33A 14286 of the French Air Force on display in USAF markings at the American Air Museum, Duxford.
- T-33A 14419 of the French Air Force on display in USAF markings at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry.
- T-33A 17473 of the French Air Force on display in Royal Canadian Air Force markings at the Midland Air Museum, Coventry.
- T-33A 54439 of the French Air Force at the North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland.
- T-33A 16718 of the French Air Force on display in USAF markings at City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich.
- T-33A 19252 of the French Air Force under restoration Bentwaters Cold War Museum, Suffolk.
- T-33A 5547 of the United States Air Force in USAF markings at the Newark Air Museum, Nottinghamshire.
United States
- Airworthy
- T-33A
- 50-0370 - privately owned in Riverside, California.[16]
- 51-17445 - privately owned in Grove, Oklahoma.[17]
- 51-17463 - privately owned in Concord, North Carolina.[18]
- 51-6581 - Commemorative Air Force-Delta Squadron, General Dewitt Spain Airport, Memphis, Tennessee.[19]
- 51-6953 - Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts.[20] [21]
- 51-8734 - privately owned in Spring Grove, Illinois.[22]
- 51-9127 - Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan, Illinois.[23] [24]
- 56-1749 - privately owned in Leander, Texas.[25]
- 56-1573 - privately owned in Big Spring, Texas.[26]
- 56-3667 - privately owned in Midlothian, Texas.[27]
- 56-3689 - privately owned in Grove, Oklahoma.[28]
- 57-0565 - privately owned in Flathead County, Montana.[29]
- 57-0609 - privately owned in Nickerson, Kansas.[30]
- 58-0471 - privately owned in Midlothian, Texas.[31]
- 58-0665 - privately owned in Leesville, South Carolina.[32]
- Display
- T-33A
- 51-4025 - Spring Lake Park in Texarkana, Texas.
- 51-4067 - American Legion Post 285 in Breckenridge, Michigan.
- 51-4157 - Constitution Park in Cumberland, Maryland.
- 51-4300 - Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas.[33] Dyess AFB Linear Air Park. Built by the Lockheed Corporation as a T-33A and originally assigned to Big Spring, Texas (AFB) from March, 1952 to February, 1953. It was transferred in 1954 to the 3560th Pilot Training Wing at Webb AFB, Texas where it operated until retired in September 1961. The pylons under the wings were used for ECM gear, chaff dispensers, and test equipment. 7th BW Historian, Dyess AFB.
- 51-4301 - Vance Air Force Base, Enid, Oklahoma.
- 51-4335 - Camp Edwards near Otis Air Force Base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- 51-4505 - Tri-County Airport west of Ahoskie, North Carolina.
- 51-6495 - Texas Air Museum in Slaton, Texas[34]
- 51-6612 - Masonic Lodge in Willacoochee, Georgia, on U.S. Route 82.
- 51-6635 - American Legion Post 120, Waynesboro, Georgia.
- 51-8627 - EAA Airventure Museum, Wittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.[35]
- 51-8513 - Memorial Community Park, New Kensington, Pennsylvania.[36]
- 51-8880 - Beatrice Municipal Airport, Beatrice, Nebraska.
- 51-9091 - School for Exceptional Children in Houma, Louisiana.
- 51-1900 -Velva City Park, Velva, North Dakota.
- 51-9235 - Buffalo Municipal Airport, Buffalo, Minnesota.
- 51-9263 - City Hall of Brooklyn, Ohio.
- 51-9271 - Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah.
- 52-9171 - American Legion Post 87 at the Alexandria Municipal Airport in Alexandria, Minnesota.
- 52-9202 - Lubbock State School, Lubbock, Texas.
- 52-9205 - Franklin, Nebraska.
- 52-9223 - Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, Houston Texas.
- 52-9239 - Torrance Airport in Torrance, California.
- 52-9497 - Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.[37]
- 52-9608 - Greenville Mid-Delta Airport, Mississippi.
- 52-9632 - Combat Air Museum, Topeka, Kansas.
- 52-9650 - American Legion Post No. 93 in Pocomoke, Maryland.
- 52-9651 - Fairview Park in Centralia, Illinois.
- 52-9672 - Great Falls International Airport, Great Falls, Montana.
- 52-9785 - Harrison County Airport, Cadiz, Ohio.
- 52-9797 - Fort Wayne Air National Guard Station, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Formerly at Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois.
- 52-9842 - Hector Municipal Airport, Hector, Minnesota.[38]
- 52-9846 - Air Force Flight Test Museum beside the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.[39]
- 53-4932 - Wood County Regional Airport, Bowling Green, Ohio.[40]
- 53-4938 - Lake Jackson Park, Florala, Alabama. Donated by Eglin AFB.
- 53-5073 - Veterans Memorial Park, Hart, Michigan.
- 53-5078 - Veterans Memorial in Young's Park, Dickinson, North Dakota.
- 53-5109 - Tuscaloosa Regional Airport in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 53-5158 - Albert Lea Municipal Airport, Albert Lea, Minnesota.
- 53-5205 - Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan Park (former McClellan AFB) Sacramento, California.[41]
- 53-5215 - Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.[42]
- 53-5226 - National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.[43]
- 53-5421 - modified as a play structure at Oak Meadow Park Los Gatos, California.[44]
- 53-5905 - VFW post 328 in Stoughton; the tail number is erroneously marked "3-0905".
- 53-5916 - Veteran's Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
- 53-5943 - Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon.[45]
- 53-5947 - Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.[46]
- 53-5974 - National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.[47]
- 53-5979 - Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington, Illinois.[48] [49]
- 53-5990 - Maurice Roberts Park in Richmond, Missouri.
- 53-6008 - American Legion Post 27, Apache Junction, Arizona.
- 53-6009 - Johnson City Radio Controllers airfield in Johnson City, Tennessee.[50]
- 53-6011 - Tulsa Technology Center (Riverside Campus) Richard Loyd Jones/Riverside Airport; Tulsa, Oklahoma. Formerly operated By NASA Johnson Space Center Houston. Possibly flown by NASA astronauts from 1960-1967.
- 53-6021 - Heritage Park, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.
- 53-6026 - American Legion 80, near the New Richmond Regional Airport, New Richmond, Wisconsin.
- 53-6038 - Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; painted as 0-36038.[51]
- 53-6053 - Tiger Stadium, Louisiana State University Campus, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 53-6073 - Kindley Park in Gravette, Arkansas.[52]
- 53-6091 - Tomorrows Aeronautical Museum in Compton, California.[53]
- 53-6102 - VFW Post 8562, Maverick County Lake in Eagle Pass, Texas.
- 55-3025 - Minnesota Air National Guard Museum located on the north side of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, Minnesota.[54]
- 56-1710 - Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado.[55]
- 56-1747 - American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, New York.[56]
- 56-1779 - American Legion Post 71 in Duluth, Minnesota. Displayed as 52-9406.
- 57-0590 - South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota.[57]
- 57-0688 - Aviation Cadet Museum, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.[58]
- 57-6560 - Costilla County Veterans Park, Fort Garland, Colorado.[59]
- 58-0509 - Jackson County Airport (Michigan).[60]
- 58-0513 - March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California.[61]
- 58-0542 - JROTC Gen C Powell Hall, Central High School, Highway 67 San Angelo, Texas.
- 58-0548 - Strategic Air & Space Museum, Ashland, Nebraska[62]
- 58-0629 - Castle Air Museum at the former Castle Air Force Base in Atwater, California.[63]
- 58-0651 - Southwest Technical Institute, East Camden, Arkansas.[64]
- 58-0669 - Air Force Flight Test Museum beside the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California.[65]
- 58-2106 - McChord Air Museum, McChord Air Force Base, Washington.[66]
- T-33B
Sampson Air force museum, former Sampson Air Force base, Romulus, NY T-33 on display
Uruguay
- On display
- Uruguayan Air Force Airbase #2 (St. Bernardina, Durazno).
- Airbase #1 (Carrasco Intl. Airport).
- ETA (Technical Air School).
- Cnel. (Av.) Jaime Meregalli.Museo Aeronáutico (Air Museum).
Notes and References
- http://www.luchtvaarterfgoed.be/content/lockheed-t-33a-ft-25 "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/FT-25."
- https://www.belgian-wings.be/lockheed-t-33a "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/FT-34."
- http://www.jb.mil.cn/zc/cqcl/yhbqp/#p=7DP0OSLR17KK000611 "First Weapons Shed."
- Web site: DANLANUD IWJ Resmikan Museum Terbuka LANUD IWJ. id. 30 April 2016. laraspostonline.com. 29 November 2020.
- Web site: Monumen Pesawat Lengkapi Museum Lanud Abdulrachman Saleh. id. 20 December 2018. news.detik.com. 29 November 2020.
- Web site: Museum Pusat TNI Angkatan Udara Dirgantara Mandala. id. tni-au.mil.id. 29 November 2020.
- http://www.j-hangarspace.jp/aviation-museums#kawaguchiko J-HangarSpace - Aviation Museums
- https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/471478/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/51-4384."
- https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/471478/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/51-9028."
- Web site: Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star. aviationmuseum.eu.
- Web site: Letelice Lockheed T-33A, RT-33A i TV-2 u JRV i njihove sudbine. paluba.info. 23 December 2014.
- https://www.fpac.org/fpac/en/collection/
- https://redpatrimonioindustrialcantabria.org/portfolio-item/avion-lockheed-t-33a/
- Web site: Lockheed T-33A/RT-33, Canadair T-33Mk.III "Silverstar" . www.tayyareci.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060521042506/http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/1951ve2006/rt-t33.asp . 2006-05-21.
- Web site: Hava Kuvvetleri Muzesi Komutanligi (Turkish Air Force Museum) - Yesilkoy - Istanbul - Turkey.
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=651 "FAA Registry: N651."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=133CK "FAA Registry: N133CK."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=133MH "FAA Registry: N133MH"
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9124Z "FAA Registry: N9124Z."
- https://www.collingsfoundation.org/aircrafts/lockheed-t-33-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/51-6953."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=648 "FAA Registry: N648."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=59TM "FAA Registry: N59TM."
- http://www.warbirdheritagefoundation.org/t33a_shooting_star.html "Lochkeed T-33 Shooting Star/51-9127."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9127 "FAA Registry: N9127."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=155SF "FAA Registry: N155SF."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5848F "FAA Registry: N5848F."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=51SR "FAA Registry: N51SR."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=939NA "FAA Registry: N939NA."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=22ES "FAA Registry: N22ES."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=82852 "FAA Registry: N82852."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=94498 "FAA Registry: N94498."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=556RH "FAA Registry: N556RH."
- Source: Pg. 200, "Dyess Air Force Base- 1941 to the Present", By Lt. Col. George A. Larsen, USAF, Ret'd, Schiffer Publishing Company, 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, Pa. 19310. Pub. Date:2016.
- Web site: T-33 – Texas Air Museum .
- https://www.eaa.org/eaa-museum/museum-collection/aircraft-collection-folder/1952-lockheed-t-33a-shooting-star "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/51-8627."
- https://www.usdemobbed.org.uk/locations.php?location=7277 "Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star/51-8513."
- https://amcmuseum.org/at-the-museum/aircraft/t-33a-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/52-9497."
- http://hector.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B5C3D43A6-11A5-4AE6-B21E-BAE80150A300%7D "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/52-9842."
- http://www.afftcmuseum.org/aircraft-inventory "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/52-9846."
- http://www.woodcountyairport.us/History.html "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-4932."
- https://aerospaceca.org/aircraft/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5205."
- https://www.fortworthaviationmuseum.com/2015/06/03/t-33a-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5215."
- https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/lockheed-t-33a-5-lo-shooting-star "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5226."
- https://www.losgatosca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/620/Jet-Plane-Oak-Meadow-Park?bidId= "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5421."
- Web site: Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5943.. 2021-02-28. www.evergreenmuseum.org. en.
- http://www.afarmamentmuseum.com/details-t33.html "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5947."
- https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/198079/lockheed-t-33a-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5974."
- https://prairieaviationmuseum.org/exhibits/aircraft/lockheed-t-33-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5979."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4698T "FAA Registry: N4698T."
- http://www.flyjcrc.com/T-33Project.htm "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-6009."
- https://www.fi.edu/exhibit/franklin-air-show "Lochkeed T-33 Shooting Star/53-5038."
- https://www.gravettear.com/blank-1 "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-6073."
- https://www.tamuseum.org/exhibit-gallery/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/53-6091."
- http://mnangmuseum.org/exhibits/lockheed-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/55-03025."
- https://wingsmuseum.org/museum/exhibits/aircraftexhibits/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/56-1710."
- http://www.americanairpowermuseum.org "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/56-1747."
- https://www.sdairandspacemuseum.com/exhibits "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/57-0590."
- http://www.aviationcadet.org/lockheed_t33_shooting_star.aspx?action=viewGall&galID=7#gallery "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/57-0688."
- https://costillacounty.colorado.gov/parks-and-recreation/veterans-park "Veteran's Park T-33A Display Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star/57-6560."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=333JX "FAA Registry: N333JX."
- https://www.marchfield.org/aircraft/trainer/t-33a-shooting-star-lockheed/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/58-0513."
- https://sacmuseum.org/what-to-see/aircraft/t-33a-t-bird/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/58-0651."
- https://www.castleairmuseum.org/category/fighter-attach "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/58-0629."
- https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=88769 "FAA Registry: N88769."
- http://www.afftcmuseum.org/aircraft-inventory "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/58-0669."
- https://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20T-33%20BORDER.htm "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/58-2106."
- https://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/tv-2-shooting-star/ "Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star/58-0480."