Hasegawa 1/72 Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star with Tractor # 02363
Markings
1) J.A.S.D.F. 1AW 33TSQ Code: 240(71-5240) Hamamatsu A.B.
2) J.A.S.D.F. 1AW 33TSQ Code: 277(71-5277) Hamamatsu A.B.
The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star is a single-engine, full-metal low-wing training aircraft designed in the United States.
The T-33 was built on the back of the F-80, with the interior surface remodelled and a second pilot's seat added.
T-33 manufacture concluded in 1959, with the first flight taking place in March 1948.
There were 5,691 of these planes produced. During firing practise, the T-33 was also employed as a shield towing plane.
The RT-33A was designed as a reconnaissance plane with a camera mounted in the nose.
The T-33 was widely exported, with Germany, France, Belgium, Brazil, and Canada among the countries that received it.
Technical specifications:
length: 11.49 metres,
wingspan: 11.86 metres,
height: 3.57 metres,
maximum speed: 970 kilometres per hour,
practical ceiling: 14 600 metres,
maximum range: 2050 kilometres,
armament:
fixed - two M3 12.7mm machine guns,
suspended - up to 907 kg of bombs
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