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SPECIFICATIONS Status: Static Dispaly Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Year: 1945 Model: P-80A Shooting Star Registration Number: Serial Number: Crew: 1 Max T/O Weight: 14,000 lb. Span: 38 ft. 10 in. Length: 34 ft. 6 in. Height: 11 ft. 4 in. Maximum Speed: 558 mph Cruise Speed: 510 mph Rate of Climb: 4,580 ft/min
Project Extraversion P80 Shooting Stars in World War II Defense
P-80A Shooting Star | World of Warplanes Back to nation View Tech Tree P-80A Shooting Star Fighter VIII tier 1 First mass-produced jet fighter used by the U.S. Army Air Force. The P-80A equipped several squadrons during World War II, but they did not see combat due to the end of the war. Later the designation was changed to F-80A.
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Lockheed P-80 / F-80 Shooting Star Single-Seat, Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft [ 1945 ] Though developed as early as 1943, the Lockheed P-80 jet fighter arrived too late to be used in World War 2, playing a larger role in the Korean War instead.
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Closing the gap Lockheed XP-80 Lulu-Belle. (Photo Credit: USAF / Edwards Air Force Base / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) Realizing the need to catch up with the British and Germans, the United States developed the P-80 Shooting Star.
Military Information House Lockheed P80 Shooting Star
Lockheed P-80 (s/n 44-85044, P-80A-1-LO) with twin 12.7mm machine guns in oblique mount Sun Sets on the Shooting Star While the P-80 Shooting Star's active service chapter concluded in the mid-1950s, yielding to a new generation of advanced aircraft, its story was far from finished. Its influential legacy continued to resonate in the world of.
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This historic Lockheed airplane was designed and built from drawing board to takeoff in just 143 days. Flying higher and faster than any airplane in the world, the Shooting Star was assigned to military units in Okinawa, Germany, Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone, Japan, and in the United States.
USAF Lockheed P80A Shooting Star PN488 by rlkitterman on DeviantArt
The 3205th Drone Group is a discontinued United States Air Force unit that operated obsolete aircraft during the 1950s as radio-controlled aerial targets for various tests. It was the primary post-World War II operator of surplus Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress aircraft, and also operated Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star and a few Boeing RB-47 Stratojet bombers that were converted into drone aircraft.
Lockheed P80A Shooting Star
Our P-80A Cockpit The Shooting Star was the first USAF aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight, the first American jet airplane to be manufactured in large quantities and the first USAF jet to be used in combat. Designed in 1943, the XP-80 made its maiden flight on Jan. 8, 1944. Several early P-80s. P-80A Shooting Star Read More »
Aircraft 4485488 (Lockheed P80A5LO Shooting Star C/N 0801511
A P-80A captured in flight, 1945. A P-80B prototype set a world speed record in 1947, and the more powerful P-80C is credited with shooting down a MiG in 1950, but that sharp silhouette was.
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The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, also known as the F-80, holds the distinction of being the first operational jet fighter employed by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF).
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Lockheed P-80 'Shooting Star' Specifications (P-80): Country of Origin: USA Crew: 1 Length: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m) Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m) Height: 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) Wing area: 237.6 ft² (22.07 m²) Weight: Empty: 8,420 lb (3,819 kg) Loaded: 12,650 lb (5,738 kg) Max. takeoff weight: 12,100 lb (5,490 kg)
1945 P80A1LO Lockheed Shooting Star test pilot Colonel William H
On November 10, 1950, Lieutenant Russell Brown, flying a Shooting Star, made history when he destroyed a Russian MiG-15 fighter in the world's first decisive all-jet combat. However, when compared to the Mig, the F-80 was outclassed and it was quickly replaced by the North American F-86 Sabre.
Lockheed P80 / F80 Shooting Star
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. [1]
The P80 Redefines Fast In the Air and On the Assembly Line
Fast as a Shooting Star And deliver they did. Over the course of the next six months, the Lockheed team exceeded expectations, delivering the sleek XP-80 prototype in 143 days, seven days ahead of schedule. It was dubbed the Shooting Star in honor of its unparalleled speed, with some modified models capable of passing 600 mph.
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The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, production models were flying, and two pre-production models did see very limited service in Italy just before the end of World War II.
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A Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star overflies a North Korean T-34 tank during a ground-attack mission, in a Keith Ferris painting. Although credited with the U.S. Air Force's first air-to-air jet victories, the F-80 was soon relegated to ground support. (Keith Ferris) Shooting Star: How Lockheed's P-80 Paved the Way for Future American Fighters
