This historic Lockheed airplane was designed and built--from drawing board to takeoff--in just 143
days. The original XP-80 was powered by a British engine, but the more than 1,400 production
models were built around a General Electric engine.
Flying higher and faster than any airplane in the world, the Shooting Star was assigned to military
units in Okinawa, Germany, Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone, Japan and in the United States.
Winner of the world's first all-jet air battle, it downed a Russian-built MIG in Korea.
The Shooting Star was the first:
jet plane produced in quantity;
jet model to achieve 100,000 hours in service;
USAF aircraft to exceed 500 mph in level flight
jet fighter in mass tactical operation;
jet trainer (the TF-80 later became the T-33)
American jet fighter to fly the Atlantic; and
jet fighter to become standard for the U.S.A.F.
WING SPAN 39 feet
LENGTH 34 feet, 6 inches
HEIGHT 11 feet
P-80/(F-80) SHOOTING STAR*Specifications* Assembly Lines(Click on VIDEO)(Click on VIDEO)Note P-38 assembly line at the right side of the photograph.Colligo CorpInternet: www.ultimatebook.com