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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:Skyfox
    Last Military Serial:21160 RCAF
    Construction Number:T33-160
    Last Civil Registration:N221SF
    Compressed ID:Skyfox Corporation (Boeing) Skyfox...
    Latest Owner or Location:Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a Silver Star 3 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    6 January 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 21160.

    6 January 1954

    Transferred to Air Defence Command, No. 1 (Fighter) Operational Training Unit, RCAF Station Chatham, NB.

    1959

    Converted to a Silver Star 3AT/PT by Canadair at Montreal, QC.
    Conversion to 3AT/PT Pilot Trainer approved 8/25/59.

    22 January 1960

    Transferred to No. 2 Advanced Flying School, RCAF Station Portage la Prairie, MB.

    10 November 1970

    Transferred to No. 402 Canadian Forces Technical Support Detachment, Canadian Forces Detachment, Saskatoon.

    12 April 1972

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
    Sent to Crown Assets for disposal and sale.

    1972

    To Maritime Aircraft Overhaul and Repair Ltd Moncton, NB.

    1973

    To Fighter Imports/Leroy Penhall, Chino, CA with new c/r N12414.

    1975

    To Murray McCormick Aerial Surveys.

    1977

    To Consolidated Leasing, Sacramento, CA.

    14 January 1983

    To Flight Test Research Inc, Englewood, CO with new c/r N221SF.

    Converted to a Skyfox by Skyfox Corporation (Boeing).
    The conversion work was carried out by Volpar Inc. at Van Nuys, CA.

    20 May 1983

    First flight.
    The first flight of the Skyfox took place at Van Nuys, CA.

    Transported by ground.
    Moved by road to Mojave, CA, for test flying.

    23 August 1983

    First flight.
    The first post reassembly flight at Mojave.

    25 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH, during the International Air Show and Trade Exposition

    8 September 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX221SF (T-33, 160) issued.

    To Medford Jackson County Airport, Four Corners, OR.
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    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX221SF (T-33, 160) issued.

    13 November 2014

    Civil registration, N221SF, cancelled.

    2022

    To Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource by Canadian Warplane Heritage
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Adam Estes
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