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T-33 actually - but great pictures just the same - thanks for sharing!

Jack G.

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Question:
Was it the F-80 that lost a "takeoff to altitude" race with the F-8F ay
Quonset Point in the early 50's. I remember the race but cant recall the
jet. I can only remember the awsome Bearcat performance.

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In fact it is an TC-80C


Actually, it's a Canadair CT-133 Mk III Silver Star.

In fact it is an TC-80C

The initial production order was for 344 P-80A's after USAAF
acceptance in February 1945. Eighty-three (83) had been delivered by
the end of July 1945 and 45 assigned to the 412th Fighter Group (later
redesignated the 1st Fighter Group) at Muroc Army Air Field. After the
war, production continued, although wartime plans for 5,000 were
quickly reduced to 2,000 at a little under $100,000 a copy. A total of
1,714 single-seat F-80A, F-80B, F-80C and RF-80s were manufactured by
the end of production in 1950, of which 927 were F-80Cs (including 129
operational F-80As upgraded to F-80C-11-LO standards). However, the
two-seat TF-80C, first flown on 22 March 1948, became the basis for
the T-33 trainer, of which 6,557 were produced.



On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 18:15:00 -0700, "Jack G"
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T-33 actually - but great pictures just the same - thanks for sharing!

Jack G.

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Right group this time, hee hee hee... ;-)



- Al.

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