The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then designated T-33A. It was used by the U.S. Navy initially as TO-2, then TV-2, and after 1962, T-33B.

The T.33 is powered by the same Cosworth V12 engine as the T.50, with 3.99 L (243 cu in) of displacement and four valves per cylinder. In the T.33, it is capable of 615 PS (452 kW) at 10,500 rpm and 451 N⋅m (333 lb⋅ft) of torque at 9,500 rpm. [ 3 ]

The Lockheed T-33 is a single-engine two-seat jet trainer aircraft produced by the US-American manufacturer Lockheed Corporation. The Lockheed T-33 T-Bird is a two-seat trainer variant of the Lockheed P-80/F-80 Shooting Star, initially designated TF-80C.

The General Electric/Allison J33 is an American centrifugal-flow jet engine, a development of the General Electric J31, enlarged to produce significantly greater thrust, starting at 4,000 lbf (18 kN) and ending at 4,600 lbf (20 kN) with an additional low-altitude boost to 5,400 lbf (24 kN) with water-alcohol injection.

Jan 5, 2014 · The centrifugal-flow engine is remarkably inefficient; 75 percent of its power is needed just to drive the compressor and only 25 percent is translated into thrust. Interestingly, the Soviet Union reverse-engineered (copied) the T–33’s engine and used it to power the MiG–15.

Jan 27, 2022 · Gordon Murray Automotive has revealed the T.33 supercar. It's meant to be more accessible than the T.50 and will be cheaper, at around $1.85 million. The T.33 has a naturally aspirated 607-hp...

Mar 3, 2023 · The T.33 is engineered to be the world’s most beautiful and most accomplished two-seat supercar. Staying true to Gordon Murray Automotive’s design language, the design of T.33 is timeless, deeply influenced by Gordon’s fascination with cleanly styled and gorgeously proportioned ‘60s sports cars.

It was powered by a 5,100-pound-thrust Rolls-Royce Nene 10 engine and was designated the T-33A Silver Star Mk.3 (company designation CL-30). France, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, and Bolivia were soon using the Canadian-built T-33s. Similarly, …

In 1943, during World War II, the United States Army Air Corps asked the Lockheed Aircraft Company to quickly design a fighter (XP-80) around the British de Havilland 3,000-lb. thrust turbojet engine designed by Sir Frank Whittle.

The T-33 was developed from the highly successful P-80 Shooting Star, Lockheed's first jet fighter and the first U.S. military jet to reach operational status. The T-33 first flew in 1948. The T-33 had a single Allison J-33 engine of 5,400 lbs. thrust, and could reach 525 miles per hour.