Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Lockheed T-33A-5-LO, s/n 53-5979 USAF, c/n 580-9461, c/r N4698T

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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-5-LO
Last Military Serial:	53-5979 USAF
Construction Number:	580-9461
Last Civil Registration:	N4698T
Compressed ID:	Lockheed T-33A-5-LO sn 53-5979 USAF...
Latest Owner or Location:	Prairie Aviation Museum Inc, Bloomington, IL

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a T-33A-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.
October 1955		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5979.
October 1955		Transferred to Bangor Air Defense Sector/26th Air Division, Topsham AFS, ME.
1959		Transferred to 4626th Air Base Squadron, Air Defense Command Topsham AFS, ME.
1962		Transferred to 4626th Support Squadron. (4626th ABS redesignated).
From 1966 to 1990		To University of Illinois, Urbana IL with new c/r N4698T.
May 1993		To Prairie Aviation Museum Inc, Bloomington, IL.
		Based at Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington Normal Airport, Bloomington, IL. View the Location Dossier
15 March 1996		Assigned civil registration: N4698T
15 March 1996		To Prairie Aviation Museum Inc, Bloomington, IL keeping c/r N4698T.
By 27 April 2012		Markings Applied: 35979
27 April 2012		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
27 April 2012		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
11 November 2017		Photographer: Mike Fuller Notes: @ the Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington IL
11 November 2017		Photographer: Mike Fuller Notes: @ the Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington IL
1 November 2023		Photographer: Carl W Ross
1 November 2023		Photographer: Carl W Ross

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Internet Sources
Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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

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Glenn Chatfield
Mike Henniger
Carl W Ross

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