The jet plane in the episode Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n of AIRWOLF

[jaemoon]

First, click the link below and take a look at the picture.

http://www.flying4u.net/zboard/data/FAQ/HDTV00000.jpg
http://www.flying4u.net/zboard/data/FAQ/HDTV00015.jpg

Does anybody know exactly what type of aircraft it was? I've tried
searching the Internet around but found no clue. As far as I know, it
was not a model which has ever been in service with the US air force.
Is it maybe a civil jet plane specially manufactured on commercial sale
or an unsuccessful prototype trainer?

I would appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

[John]

Believe it or not *S* . . . the plane is a heavily modified T-33 . . .
yeah you read that right, a T-33. The program was started by the
Skyfox Corporation in 1983, and was acquired by Boeing in 1986. Folks
were proposing that the many T-33's still around at the time be
modified by replacing the Allison J33 turbojet engine with two TFE-731
high bypass turbofan engines and installing modern avionics. The idea
was to offer the plane as a modern trainer and as a light attack
aircraft.

ISTR that Aviation Week even published a pilot report on the plane that
sounded pretty positive. Perhaps it didnt make any real sense . . .
but in a wierd way, I liked the way the plane looked.

Blue skies . . .

John

[Ed Rasimus]

On 12 Dec 2006 08:35:24 -0800, "jaemoon" <jae...@jaemoon.pe.kr>
wrote:

Believe it or not, that is an update of the venerable T-33 jet
trainer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Skyfox
http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/skyfox.html
http://www.highgallery.com/military-aircraft-skyfox.html

Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
www.thunderchief.org
www.thundertales.blogspot.com

[kc6...@aol.com]

The airplane is a highly modified Lockheed T-33. Some outfilt was
trying to market the airplane as a new military trainer. I saw one of
these myself at an airport in Mojave, CA.