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HSDJets USA: T-33 PNP Turbine

Long before he was whisked away to the black hole known as the Lockheed Skunkworks, Clarence “Kelly” Johnson designed the first jet aircraft used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces; the P-80 Shooting Star. The P-80 didn’t last very long because the straight wing design was quickly outclassed by the faster Russian built Mig-15 and was subsequently replaced by the F-86 Sabre jet. The fuselage was extended, and the cockpit expanded to a...

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