Lockheed T-33 Static Display

[Number_35]

This old veteran has been on display here for decades - one website says since 1967, Canada's centennial year. If I recall correctly, it originally wore Golden Centennaire colours. It got pretty shabby over the years, and in 2018 was restored and painted in Red Knights colours.

 

[HankHill]

Why didn't you get a picture appearing to hold the plane up? Kidding, poking fun at trends.

 

[RoadDukie]

She's certainly a beauty!

It's easy to forget how few years there were between jets and biplanes.

 

[CourierDriver]

The Navy had these in Pensacola fl.
that was 1967.

 

[Number_35]

Why didn't you get a picture appearing to hold the plane up? Kidding, poking fun at trends.

Had I not been on my own, I might have. Not a big selfie guy!

 

[Number_35]

The Navy had these in Pensacola fl.
that was 1967.

Was there a carrier version, or were the USN ones land-based?

 

[Astro14]

Was there a carrier version, or were the USN ones land-based?

Land based. There wasn’t a T-33/F-80 that was carrier based. They were used for NFO training, I believe, and replaced by the T-2 and TA-4.

 

[wpod]

The are nice looking planes. Nampa Idaho has this on display. I enjoy it when ever I drive by it.

 

[mccandish]

That red paint job is eye catching! We spotted this one on display in Florala State Park in Florala, AL.

 

[measureman]

 

[HankHill]

My favorite display (museum) is the XB-70. The design is like no other, and its performance specs were pretty **** good too.

 

[Astro14]

My favorite display (museum) is the XB-70. The design is like no other, and its performance specs were pretty **** good too.

The USAF museum in Dayton is, perhaps, the best in the world. The XB-70 is a favorite of mine as well. Truly amazing airplane.

 

[RedSpider]

Not to many benefits to growing up and living in Cincinnati, but having WPAFB museum a short drive up the road has got to be the best one. I was just there, and have been dozens and dozens of times, and still stand under the XB-70 in awe, every time.

I have to say the T-33 has always been my favorite plane though.

 

[Danh]

The are nice looking planes. Nampa Idaho has this on display. I enjoy it when ever I drive by it. View attachment 101547

That’s an F-89 Scorpion. An early all-weather interceptor.

 

[Malo83]

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[HankHill]

I just took a deep dive into jet engines, its fascinating to go through the technology used to increase power and efficiency on these things.

At the end of the day, it all comes down to materials research.. We have the designs for advanced technologies, we just don't have the materials yet.

 

[measureman]

I just took a deep dive into jet engines, its fascinating to go through the technology used to increase power and efficiency on these things.

At the end of the day, it all comes down to materials research.. We have the designs for advanced technologies, we just don't have the materials yet.

Heard a story once that in the early days of jet engines just after WWII ended a team of Soviet engineers were allowed to tour a British jet engine factory.
They wore gummy sole shoes to pick up metal shavings so they could analyze them.
I think thats how it went, correct if wrong please.

 

[HankHill]

Heard a story once that in the early days of jet engines just after WWII ended a team of Soviet engineers were allowed to tour a British jet engine factory.
They wore gummy sole shoes to pick up metal shavings so they could analyze them.
I think thats how it went, correct if wrong please.

Well, I'm an engineering tech that works with exotic new materials including metals, ceramics, and proprietary compositions.. I absolutely believe that it was probably one of a hundred methods used to spy on a countries defense industry.

The CIA was very good too.
We needed tiatanium for the CIA program that produced the SR-71, and we had none domestically. We needed a lot of it and the soviet union had a large supply available. CIA made a series of shell companies that were very hard to trace back to anything even resembling the defense industry. Layer after layer of real companies that were covert suppliers to the us.

So the CIA program designed a surveillance plane to spy on the soviets, produced with titanium we purchased from, the soviet union.

 

[measureman]

Well, I'm an engineering tech that works with exotic new materials including metals, ceramics, and proprietary compositions.. I absolutely believe that it was probably one of a hundred methods used to spy on a countries defense industry.

The CIA was very good too.
We needed tiatanium for the CIA program that produced the SR-71, and we had none domestically. We needed a lot of it and the soviet union had a large supply available. CIA made a series of shell companies that were very hard to trace back to anything even resembling the defense industry. Layer after layer of real companies that were covert suppliers to the us.

So the CIA program designed a surveillance plane to spy on the soviets, produced with titanium we purchased from, the soviet union.

Now thats funny!

 

[HankHill]

Heard a story once that in the early days of jet engines just after WWII ended a team of Soviet engineers were allowed to tour a British jet engine factory.
They wore gummy sole shoes to pick up metal shavings so they could analyze them.
I think thats how it went, correct if wrong please.

I've been scouring trying to find that incident anywhere in history and espionage history. The only thing I found was from the show "The Americans".

If that really did happen I would not be surprised one bit.

I would also not be surprised is the brits cleaned the shop and had the program rigged for them, using a fake material for them to steal.