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Updating of website finally started in January, 2025
(CT-114 Tutor upgrade completed 7 Jan, 2025)

CT-114 Tutor

    CT-114s were regular visitors to the Amigo Airshow during the '90s. 017 of the 2nd FTS on a gorgeous day in 1990. (CB)
    023 on a cold day in October 1993. (CB)
    036 at Amigo in 1990. (CB)
    036 Returning for the 1994 Amigo Airshow (CB)

     CT-114037 at the 1994 Amigo Airshow. There were several Tutors at that year's show. (CB)
    The tail of 037 showing the Viking ship. (CB)
    052 was Snowbirds number 5 in 1994. Biggs AAF. (CB)
    114055 October 1994. (CB)

    CT-114075 Snowbirds Number 3 Amigo Airsho October, 1994. (CB)
    114076 Number 4. (CB)
    114080 Number 6. (CB)
    CT-114090 at the 1990 Amigo Airsho. (CB)

    114090 Snowbirds Number 8, Oct 1994. (CB)
    114097 at NAS Mirimar during August, 1994. (CB)
    114100 Snowbirds 2, Oct 1994. (CB)
    114108 at the 2014 Amigo Airsho, Biggs AAF. Snowbirds 1. (CB)

    114109 at the 1991 Amigo Airsho, Biggs AAF. (CB)
    114128 at Biggs, May, 1997. (CB)
    114164 Snowbirds number 7. (CB)
    114172 at Offutt AFB during June, 1981. This was the first Tutor I had seen "in the flesh". I knew what it was, but having not seen one before it definitely had a cool factor. That open house     also had three             Vulcans, one of which flew. (CB)

114188 Snowbirds number 1. This aircraft sports "invasion stripes" and if I remember correctly, it was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of D-Day. (CB)
114190 at Davis-Monthan May, 1997. (CB)
The same Tutor at the 2024 Amigo Airsho now as Snowbirds number 9. (CB)

CT-133 Silver Star
(T-33 Shooting Star)

Silver Stars had various designations, the Canadair company model was CL-30. The Rolls Royce Nene powered aircraft entered service as CT-33s and carried Canadian Air Force serials pefixed by "21", the first being 21001 and running to 21656. At a later point they were redesignated CT-133 and the "21" became "133". I am not sure of when this happened, but most Silver Stars on the U.S. civil registry were imported with the original serial. A good history of the individual airframes can be found here: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

I am always torn how to refer to Silver Stars. Most often people call them "T-33s", which technically they are not. CT-33 is an archaic designation, but I still have a hard time with CT-133, so I try and just stick with "Silver Star".

     A T-bird is a T-bird, unless its built by Canadair, in which case its a CT-133 Silver Star. CT133083 at El Paso International Airport in December, 1981. That Beech 18 in the background remained until about 2020. (CB)
    299 of 417 Squadron at Biggs Army Airfield in October, 1996. I really like the NMF scheme better. (CB)
   CT-133346 at NAS Mirimar in August, 1995. (CB)
    443 at ELP in December, 1981. That was a neat to get to work and find four CT-133s at the airport. (CB)

    CT-133 500 of 414 Sqdn at NAS Mirimar Sep, 1995. (CB)
    CT-133540 of 416 Squadron on a warm December morning in 1981. (CB)
   CT-133 543 414 Sqdn at the Davis-Monthan open house during May, 1997. (CB)
   CT-133 572 417 Sqdn Biggs AAF May, 1997. (CB)

    CT-133 581 417 Sqdn Biggs AAF May, 1997. (CB)
    CT-133 592 at NAS Dallas April, 1987. (CB)
    CT-133 618 417 sqdn Biggs AAF Oct, 1994. (CB)

     CT-33 21098 [NX99184] At the CAF airshow during Sep, 2004. (CB)
    21129 (NX84TB) at Holloman AFB May, 2014. (CB)
    Flight Systems CT-33 21159 (N305FS) at El Paso International airport, Sep 1978. She was parked in front of the old FAA building which also housed the National Weather Service. That building is long gone. (CB)

21306 (N933GC) dressed up as a SAC T-33A at Luke AFB in March, 2009. (CB)
    And the same T-Bird at Davis-Monthan in March, 2010. (CB)
    Silver Star 21342 at Holloman AFB in Oct, 1990 and again five years later.. (CB)

    21375 (N33HW) at Holloman AFB in May, 1997 and Cannon AFB May 2006. (CB)
    21377 (N377JP) owned by Planes of Fame in Chino, CA. This photo was taken at Chino during March, 2013. (CB)
    21440 (N12417) in a striking Thuinderbirds scheme at the Dyess AFB open house in May, 2010. (CB)

    21452 (N133NH) Kirtland AFB, June, 2016. (CB)
    21456 (NX333MJ) masquerading as a Blue Angels TV-2 at Davis-Monthan during November, 2021. (CB)
    21467 (N161AZ) wearing the colors of the Arizona ANG. Luke AFB March, 2024. (CB)
    21557 (N999175) painted as a Golden Hawks CT-33 and displayed at Davis-Monthan in May 2002. (CB)

21566 (N307FS), a former Flight Systems Silver Star, displayed at NAS Mirimar, August, 1994 (CB)
21582 (N92JB) of the War Eagles Air Museum. February, 2025. (CB)

Harvard
(T-6 Texan)


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(1) A Harvard MK IV (RCAF serial 20247) owned and flown as NX181113 by the Lone Star Flight Museum on the island of Galveston, Texas. This and the two following aircraft are restored aircraft, but do help to keep alive the history of the RCAF.
(2) Harvard IV 20455 photographed at an ope house at Davis-Monthan AFB. This T-6 is registered as N45918.
(3) I can not identify the RCAF serial of this aircraft, but the registration is N52494 and the Canadian Car and Foundry construction number is CCF4.387.

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Created 02-15-02

Modified 02-18-25

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