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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:EF-80A Shooting Star
    Last Military Serial:44-85123 USAAF
    Construction Number:080-1146
    Compressed ID:Lockheed EF-80A sn 44-85123 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EF-80A.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-85123.

    Circa 1946

    To Flight Test Division, Wright Field, OH.

    From 30 August 1946 to 2 September 1946

    Raced as #PN-123.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Thompson Trophy Jet Division race. The primary pilot was Major Gus Lindquist. Raced in the One Mile Course race. Finished in 1st place with an average speed of 515.853 mph.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    December 1974


    Photographer: W.H. Strandberg, Jr.
    Notes: Photo taken at Lackland AFB, TX

    14 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: EF-80A Shooting Star in the USAF History and Traditions Museum at Lackland AFB, Texas in 1978. The aircraft now resides at Edward AFB.

    February 2010

    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    Placed on display with Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    Markings Applied: FT-123
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Max Sabin
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