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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:T-33A-1-LO
    Last Military Serial:51-9106 USAF
    Construction Number:580-6890
    Last Civil Registration:N11987
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-33A-1-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-9106.

    By November 1962

    Transferred to Tyndall AFB, FL.

    8 November 1962

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    From 1972 to 1976

    To Lewis University, Lockport, IL with new c/r N11987.

    June 1980


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Lewis University Airport, Romeoville, IL

    June 1980


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Lewis University Airport, Romeoville, IL

    June 1981

    To Melvyn G. Christensen/Princeton Aviation, Princeton, MN keeping c/r N11987.

    6 March 1985

    To Donald R. Sharp, Pauls Valley, OK keeping c/r N11987.

    From 1987 to 1988

    To Chester Dubaj, Bedford, OH keeping c/r N11987.

    From 20 April 1999 to 2004

    To Harry W. Caplan, Pepper Pike, OH keeping c/r N11987.

    Circa 19 March 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for N11987 (T-33A, 51-9106) issued.

    19 March 2004

    To Steven C. Bernstein, Levelland, TX keeping c/r N11987.

    2 May 2007

    Civil registration, N11987, cancelled.
    Destroyed.

    By July 2012

    To Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin, Sheboygan, WI.
    Mounted on a pole.
    View the Location Dossier

    25 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Preserved at Sheboygan Municipal Airport in Wisconsin
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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