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T-33 SHOOTING STAR/50-0370



Serial #: 50-0370
Construction #:
  580-5223
Civil Registration:
  N651
Model: T-33A
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2008
  History:
Delivered to RNAF as M-49.
- BOC: Feb. 5, 1964.
Consolidated Aero Export Corporation, North Hollywood, CA, Apr. 7, 1972.
- Registered as N651.
- Delivered to USA from Holland via Shannon, Apr. 7, 1972.
Delivered to FA Mexicana as JE-017, 19??.
Forbes Bigbee Manufacturing, San Ramon, CA, 1984.
Cameron Wilke, Lubbock, TX, May 1984.
Allied Bank of Marble Falls, Marble Falls, TX, Dec. 1986.
Courtesy Aircraft Inc, Rockford, IL, Jan. 1987-1988.
T Bird Partners, Van Nuys CA, Sept. 1988.
Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, Jan. 1992-2003.
Lyle Strader, Shafter, CA, 2008.
R. Stephen Kay, Riverside, CA, Sept. 2008.
- Undergoing restoration, Sept. 2008.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, 2008.
Photo Source(s):
Mike Henniger

Research Assistance:

Lyle Strader