T2V SeaStar

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T2V-1 / T-1 Seastar
Type	Naval Training aircraft
Manufacturer	Lockheed
Maiden flight	15 December 1953
Introduced	May 1957
Retired	1970s
Primary user	United States Navy
Number built	150
Developed from	T-33 Shooting Star

The Lockheed T2V SeaStar, later called the T-1 SeaStar, was a trainer aircraft for the U.S. Navy that entered service in May 1957.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operational history 3 Operators 4 Specifications (T2V-1) 5 References 6 External links 7 See also

[edit] Design and development

It was based upon the Lockheed L-245 design of an updated T-33/P-80 reworked into a naval version for carrier operations. The Navy used the T-33 as the TV-2 starting in 1949 for land based jet aircraft training, but this model was not usable on aircraft carriers. Based on the more advanced design development of the P-80 family, the T2V had to be almost totally re-engineered for carrier landing and at-sea operations with a redesigned tail, naval standard avionics, a strengthened undercarriage (with catapult fittings) and lower fuselage (with a retractable arrestor hook), and power-operated leading-edge flaps (to increase lift at low speeds) to allow carrier launches and recoveries, and an elevated rear (instructor's) seat for improved instructor vision, among other changes.

Unlike other P-80 derivatives, the T2V could withstand the shock of landing on a pitching carrier deck and much higher ability withstand sea water related aircraft wear from higher humidity and salt exposure. As mentioned, the Navy did also fly a number of T-33 for land-based training operations, designated TV, which should not be confused with the T2V.

[edit] Operational history

The aircraft was initially designated T2V-1 when it enter service, but was re-designated T-1A Seastar under the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system under which it name it would spend the majority of its career.

It was replaced by the T-2 Buckeye but remained in service into the 1970s.

[edit] Operators

 United States

• United States Navy

[edit] Specifications (T2V-1)

General characteristics

• Crew: Two (student & instructor)
• Length: 38 ft 6.5 in (11.75 m)
• Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13.05 m)
• Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
• Wing area: 240 ft² (22.3 m²)
• Empty weight: 11,965 lb (5,438 kg)
• Loaded weight: 15,500 lb (7,045.45 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 16,800 lb (7,636 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Allison J33-A-24/24A turbojet, 6,100 lbf (2,772 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 521 knots (600 mph, 973 km/h)
• Range: 782 nm (900 mi, 1,448 km)
• Service ceiling 40,000 ft (12, 200 m)
• Rate of climb: 6,300 ft/min (32 m/s)

[edit] References

• Ginter, Steve. Lockheed T2V-1/T-1A Seastar. Naval Fighters #42. Simi Valley, California: Ginter Books, 1999. ISBN 978-0-942612-424.

• Green, William, with Gerald Pollinger. The Aircraft of the World. New York; Doubleday & Co., 1965. P. 255.

• Green, William, with Dennis Punett. MacDonald World Air Power Guide. London; Purnell & Sons, Ltd. (reprinted by Doubleday), 1963. P. 28.

[edit] External links

• Naval Aviation Chronology 1954-1959 chapter from United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 book.

[edit] See also

Related development

• T-33 Shooting Star
• P-80 Shooting Star
  

Comparable aircraft

• T-2 Buckeye
• T-45 Goshawk
  

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