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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-80/P-80/T-33/TO/TV Shooting Star / T2V Sea Star / CT-133 Silver Star / F-94 Starfire
    Latest Model:Silver Star 3
    Last Military Serial:21157 RCAF
    Construction Number:T33-157
    Last Civil Registration:N133AT
    Latest Owner or Location:Comanche Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Silver Star 3 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    12 January 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 21157.


    Photographer: Stan Smith
    Notes: I took this photo in 1958 when I was stationed in Cold Lake Alberta.Notice the Weapons Practice Unit symbol.Notice cradle under wing for towing drones.Used for rocket shoots when CF100s were king ofRCAFStan Smith

    By July 1972

    To unknown owner with c/r N155X.

    23 July 1972


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Jefferson County Airport, Broomfield, CO

    31 October 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX133AT (T-33, 21157) issued.

    Circa 1983


    Photographer: Michael Huggins
    Notes: Canadair T-33AN Silver Star 3 sn# 21157, N155X Planes of Fame Airshow, Chino, early 1980s

    10 May 1985


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA.

    27 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    8 January 1998

    To Samuel D. Smith, Uvalde, TX with c/r N133AT.

    To Uvalde Flight Center, Garner Field, Uvalde, TX.
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    10 May 2007

    To Chino Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX.

    In the inventory of Comanche Fighters/Tom and Dan Friedkin, Comanche Ranch, Houston, TX.
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    June 2007

    Based at Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    17 November 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Chino, California, U.S.A.

    28 November 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Planes of Fame, Chino, CA.

    12 October 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX133AT (T-33, 21157) issued.

    19 April 2012

    To Comanche Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield

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