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Description
| Manufacturer: | Lockheed | |
| Base model: | T2V | |
| Designation: | T2V | |
| Version: | -1 | |
| Nickname: | Seastar | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Navy / Marines | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Trainer | |
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Specifications
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Operators (Past and Present)
| USAF | 12th FTW | Randolph AFB | TX |
| USAF | 14th FTW | Columbus AFB | MS |
| USAF | 47th FTW | Laughlin AFB | TX |
| USAF | 64th FTW | Reese AFB | TX |
| USAF | 71st FTW | Vance AFB | OK |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
T-1A on display
Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Phyllis A. Garcia Large Baker Marlow, OK | I was stationed at NAS JAX 1959 - 1960, as RMSN in the tower. I remember flying in the T2V Trainer several times, the last time to GTMO and returning to JAX the next day. I remember the pilot continually telling me "in case of problems - PULL THE CURTIN". Never knew what happened to the pilot, but I got a Captain's Mast over that trip. 07/19/2011 @ 12:38 [ref: 42066] |
| Phillip T. Moss Germantown, TN | Flew T2V/T1A as an "ifi" in VF/VA 791. Short legged beast and had to use a huffer and fire guard during shutdown. Stable instrument platform but boundary layer control wired off. A few more creature comforts than the TV2 I flew as an instrument instructor in FAWTULANT DET B. Would not run on JP-5 03/26/2011 @ 05:36 [ref: 37107] |
| george morris , GA |
The T1A was notoriously short-legged, however I managed to fly the li'l'darlin' from NAS Olathe, KS to NAS Atlanta, GA non-stop, the last 90 miles an idle descent illuminated by the low fuel warning light. That trip might have been topped by my journey from NAS LeMoor to Fresno Air Terminal. After careful planning, por supuesto, and the illumination of that pesky little red warning light as I taxied out, the flight went smoothly. Calling FAT tower whining about my "low state", another idle descent followed. The throttle never moved on the roll out, turn off and coast to the parking spot in front of the Air Guard hanger. Waiting for the air starter to shut down as required, the marvelous J33-A 24 flamed out. Such a flight was never undertaken again. 02/10/2011 @ 11:57 [ref: 35971] |
| David Winer Bethesda, MD | We had a T2V in the Service Test Division at the Naval Air Test Center while I was assigned there in 1958-1959. As I recall, it had been used for carrier qualifications testing before I arrived at Service Test. We found the airplane handy for all sorts of other uses such as refresher instrument training under the bag and cargo missions for urgently needed airplane parts. This plane was a beauty to fly—much improved over the obsolete, somewhat clunky TV we had flown in the Training Command. (Much better instruments, fuel management, and you didn’t have to worry about getting the nose wheel cocked.) 06/14/2009 @ 03:22 [ref: 24237] |
| albert , PA | Anyone know any first-hand info on the T2V-1 that crashed in West Milford NJ in 1967. The wreck is still there! 06/05/2009 @ 11:48 [ref: 24220] |
| William Calhoun St. Pete, FL | I was assigned to Marine Squadron H&MS-32 '63-65. It was a treat to get away from repair shop to work the flight line with these and our R4D's. I also did bench work on its com/nav gear too. Mostly the ARC-27. I can't believe I found this site. Nobody believes me that it existed. Mostly because all I knew was T-1A and google never heard of it. The front and back seat instuments never agreed especially the fuel. 2 of us would kill an afternoon trying to make them match especially after Xferring from wing to fuselage fuel tanks. Our desk jockeys flew them to get their hours and would get nervous over little things like that. 03/06/2009 @ 18:51 [ref: 23896] |
| ADCS Mulligan USN/Ret Orange Park, FL | I was stationed at NAS Anacostia/NAF Andrews from 1960 to 1963. The whole time assigned to the "Jet Det" which maintained and flew the T2V. I, as the test flight and fly-away mechanic, accumulated over 500 hours in this wonderful bird. It was one of the high lights of my Naval career. BUNO 200, pictured, was one of our birds. 08/12/2008 @ 10:46 [ref: 22442] |
| bill query , GA | I flew the T-2V when I was a student at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,Calif. That was in 1972/73. Pilots had to fly 4 hours a month to qual. for flight pay in those days. We flew with another pilot that we didn't know and probably would'n fly with again while in school. All flights were at night as we were in class during the day. We would fly two hours then land at NAS Moffet Field and hot refuel while swaping seats and fly two more hours to get in our full 4 hours. Those were always interesting flights as we only flew once a month and were a tad rusty. I don't recall any accidents and I did't have any malfunctions with the aircraft systems. All in all it was a very reliable bird. 08/21/2007 @ 12:16 [ref: 17706] |
| Bob Lyon Helotes, TX | I worked on the OMD Line while at Miramar NAS in '65 and '66 and in addition to 2 C-117's, we had 3 UC-45J's, and 2 T-1A's in our pool a/c. One of the curious things I recall about the T-1A was that it would run on 115/145 avgas as well as jet fuel. The only difference was that we stood by with fire extinguishers like the recips when starting them, it left a thick white ash in the tail pipe and looked like a blow torch when running (no AB)but the pilots noted no appreciable difference in performance. We also had 7 of the last enlisted pilots in the Navy! Great
experience for this young man to work with those men! 07/30/2007 @ 13:26 [ref: 17354] |
| David L. Wilson Tulsa (Sperry), OK | I was Navy 1st class AD Northside NAS in 1955-56. I was on R4D-8s and flew radar students. Gave all tests to the plane captains. We had TV-2s, R4D-8s, R4D-5s, R4D-6s, C45s (SMBs) used for instrument training for pilots. I was there when the old hangers came down and the new hangers were put up. I was also there the day the TV-2 crashed on the north end of the runway. I have a postcard that shows 4 TV-2s sitting on the runway and that 5th plane was scrapped/totaled. The pilot walked away after he dusted himself off. I would like to talk to anyone who was there at that time. Please email me and we can exchange phone numbers.
02/24/2007 @ 19:41 [ref: 15659] |
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