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Serial Number Criteria: 44-85048
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Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:25:04 2016
44-84992 ... 44-85336 (EXACT MATCH)
Lockheed P-80A-1-LO Shooting Star
MSN 080-1015/1359. Model 80. Redesignated F-80-1-LO Jun 11, 1948
84994 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
84995 used at Wright Field to test feasibility of towing the aircraft behind a B-29 to increase range.
84998 modified as F-14A development aircraft.
84999 on display at Hill AFB Museum, Utah is actually a T-33A which had the long canopy removed, the back seat faired
over, and the short P-80 canopy fitted.
85000 transferred to US Navy as BuNo 29667.
85001 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85004 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85005 transferred to US Navy as BuNo 29668.
85007 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85009 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85012 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85013 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85014 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85015 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85019 modified as RF-80A-15-LO. Came in first in first Weatherhead
Trophy competition as part of Cleveland National Air Races Sep 1, 1946.
Achieved speed of 578.63 mph (average of 2 runs in opposite
directions).
85024 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85025 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85029 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85033 assigned to 61st FS, 56 FG at Selfridge Field in 1948-49, and was one of the 16 F-80s that
made the first west-to-east transit of the Atlanti by jet aircraft in Jul 1948. This aircraft
was lost in a midair collision with a T-33 Jul 24, 1951. The T-33 landed safely, but the F-80
crashed and the pilot was killed.
85038 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85039 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85041 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85042 tested with wingtip-mounted ramjets. Later modified to test camera equipment in a modified nose,
redesignated ERF-80A-1-LO
85044 fitted with upward-firing guns. Later fitted with a second cockpit in the nose to test the prone position.
85047 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85048 crashed in North Hollywood, California Aug 6, 1945, killing Richard Bong, 40-kill ace. A fuel pump
failed and Bong bailed out, but he was too low for his parachute to open and he was killed.
85049 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85051 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85057 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85060 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85062 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85063 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85071 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85072 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85088 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85088 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85098 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85099 Assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Jan 30, 1946 to Apr 10, 1950.
Used for flying qualities, stability and control, and performance evaluations.
85101 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85104 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85105 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85107 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85109 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85110 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85112 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85116 tested with wingtip rocket racks
85120 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85122 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85123 (MSN 080-1146) noted on display outside Lockheed Martin 'Skunk Works',
Palmdale, California Fall 2003. Now on display at Edwards AFB, California.
85124 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85125 (MSN 080-1148) upgraded to F-80C-11-LO. Noted Jun 25, 2004 at Kalamazoo
Aviation History Museum, MI painted as 44-85152
85128 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85132 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85134 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85135 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85142 modified as RF-80A-15-LO. Ditched in ocean near Cho-do, Korea
with 67th TRW, 155h TRS due to engine trouble Jan 13, 1953.
85150 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85151 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85152 - Plane so marked located at Kalamazoo Historical Aviation Museum is actually 44-85125.
85154 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85155 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85160 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85161 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85163 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85166 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85167 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85168 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85171 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85172 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85175 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85176 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85177 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85178 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85179 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85180 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85181 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85182 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85183 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85190 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85191 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85196 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85200 modified as XP-80B. Later modified as XP-80R and set
world's air speed record of 623.738 mph June 19, 1947
flown by Col. Albert Boyd. Now at USAF Museum,
Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio.
85201 modified as XFP-80A, unarmed reconnaissance prototype. Later modified as RF-80C-11-LO
85205 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85208 crashed east of Toro Peak in Santa Roas Mountains of
Riverside CO, California Jan 12, 1948, killing the pilot.
85210 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85214 tested with wingtip-mounted ramjets.
85216 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85217 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85220 (3535th PTW) Williams AFB, Arizona – Flew into ground on training flight, Oct 15, 1951
85225 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85226 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85227 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85229 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85230 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85231 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85234 (NE ANG) crashed during landing into B-47s 52-369 and 53-4235 at Lincoln AFB, NE Nov 17, 1956.
Pilot and two cround crew in 52-369 killed. Further 4 injured.
85235 transferred to USN as BuNo 29689
85237 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85239 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85240 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85242 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85244 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85245 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85246 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85247 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85249 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85252 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85253 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85260 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85261 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85262 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85264 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85268 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85269 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85270 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85279 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85281 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85283 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85284 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85285 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85287 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85290 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85291 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85293 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85297 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85299 assigned to NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, NAS Moffett Field, CA Dec 18, 1946 to Jun 6, 1955.
Registered as NACA 131. Use to test vortex generators on wing.
85300 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85310 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85311 assigned to All Weather Flying Center, Patterson Field, OH.
Assigned to NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Jun 1948
85315 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85318 collided with 44-85372 NW of Sentinel, AZ Jan 5, 1949. Pilot badly injured, pilot of other plane killed.
85320 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85321 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85322 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85324 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85328 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85330 modified as RF-80A-15-LO
85333 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
85334 upgraded to F-80C-11-LO
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