Lockheed T33

The Lockheed T33 is a very important aircraft in the history of aviation built in about 6.400 units and widely used in the word.
But seems to have been forgotten in the last years for flight simulator developers. The best rendition was from Tim Conrad for MSFS2004 surprisingly LM announced a T33 for P3D but never finished it and for XP8 there was a 2D panel version.

Wolud be nice if someone is encouraged to make one.

This is a screenshot of the (to my knowledge) never finished P3D T33 made by Classic Jet Simulations :

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YESSIREEEE! A study level one! Also an F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre!

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Sim Skunk Works has one on their roadmap.

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Good news, let’s wait for the T33.

I grew up under the circuit at an airbase that was home to T-birds
would love to have one in the sim!

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Also, a Grumman F9F for carrier landings. Not the same manufacturer but similar look and design as the T-bird. In DCS also, with their super carrier module.

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I would like to see a high definition Panther addon too, for the Blue Angels. I’d stick to the Thunderbirds livery for the T-33.

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It just got announced by Inibuilds in collaboration with Ace Maker and SWS

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Finally! I have been squeezing the Tim Conrad T33 from FS9 converted to FSX and finally to P3Dv5

T33 in my home Airbase

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Well, you could always have both!

And the nice thing about the T-33/CT-133 is that almost all the aerobatics teams had them at one point!

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Though the Thunderbirds paintjob is hard to beat!

Looking forward to the repainters having a ball with this one, hopefully!

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NOTE: The use of “I” in the following post means ONLY me, and not to be confused with inferring that anyone else feels the same.

“I” like to fly aerobatic team liveries (the main demonstration team) and operational liveries that represent the actual aircraft that were flown.

The T-33 does look nice in a Blue Angel livery though - it’s like a real life “fictional” livery. ← and yes, I realize this statement is a “contradiction”. In a similar sense that it seems unlikely we’ll see a Blue Angels Cutlass (addon/livery) any time soon, so at least the T-33 with the Blue Angels livery will probably be realized and enjoyed.

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Not fictional! :slight_smile: That pic I posted is indeed a modern private T-33 in a Blue Angels livery. However, the Blue Angels did use the T-33 (TV-2 at the time) for VIP rides, etc. from 1952-1954.

This is the original aircraft, not the modern one still doing airshows:
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(They also had an SNJ in the 40’s, would love to see someone do that yellow paint job for the Asobo T-6.)

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I’m with you on wanting all the display aircraft, though! Especially the Cutlass. I’m hoping Virtavia eventually brings the FSX Cutless up to MSFS. Not the right sub-model, but probably as close as we’ll get! Right now we have the Hellcat, Cougar, Phantom, Skyhawk, and both Hornets. Need a Panther, Bearcat, and a Tiger (another one Virtavia has for earlier sims).

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Why’d you leave out the R5D and the Fat Albert (C-130)?

Your detailed knowledge of aviation history remains unchallenged and intact. :+1:

Fantastic project. Consider putting on a French livery, please.

Talking about liveries, the spanish T33’s had the bottom painted in blue

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Even after the update, I cannot see pilots in the aircraft.

I have no problems with all other aircraft (including fast jets).

You didn’t add your gaming platform to your profile, so I can’t tell if you’re on PC or Xbox.

I’m on PC, it works perfectly for me in this regard.

Do you have any of the Avatar products installed? Are you expecting one of its pilots to show? Perhaps this plane wasn’t written in such a way to support said products? I don’t have any of those products, so can’t help there.

If you’re on Xbox, I have no suggestions as I’m on PC.

Hi, thank you for your response.

I am on PC and have no addons that might affect pilots, etc.

As I mentioned, the other fast jet aircraft I own have pilot (s) in the cockpit.

I wlll keep trying and / or wait for another update.

Cheers.

Im on PC and see pilots in the cockpit as well.