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Lockheed T2V SeaStar
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1953· carrier-capable trainer
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T-1A NATC in flight 1965: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. Lockheed T-1A Seastar N447TV SLC 25.06.94R edited-3: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
- 3. 142263 Lockheed T-1A Seastar U.S. Air Force (8796727897): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. Lockheed L-245 Seastar prototype in flight 1954: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 5. Lockheed T-1A Seastar (49544961782): kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 6. T-1A Seastar VT-7 at NAS Pensacola 1959: U.S. Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Lockheed T2V SeaStar, later called the T-1 SeaStar, is a carrier-capable jet trainer for the United States Navy that entered service in May 1957. Developed from the Lockheed T-33 (itself derived from the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star), it was powered by one Allison J33 engine.
How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 13.1 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 73 years ago, in 1953.
- Top speed is 7.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.1 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,560 km: 9× Amsterdam to Brussels.
- Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1953-12-15
- introduced
- 1957
- number built
- 150
- role
- carrier-capable trainer
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed Martin
- engines
- 1× Allison J33-A-24/24A
- length
- 11.8 m
- wingspan
- 13.1 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,636 kg
- top speed
- 933 km/h
- range
- 1,560 km
- ceiling
- 12,190 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5456783, Wikipedia: Lockheed T2V SeaStar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.