A U.S. jet flies over farmers working in a field just five days after North Korea attacked Seoul marking the beginning of the Korean War. July 1950.

just like a shooting star.

It's been a long, long time since 1950.

This attached video shows the missile launch details.

#2,

That jet is called a 'shooting star', no?

Big Chief. Looks like an F-80 Shooting Star (trainer version is the T-33).

The last one I actually saw in use was when I was in Cherry Point, North Carolina in 1996 (Operation Purple Star). They were down from Canada on a temporary detachment for the operation (T-33's).

I remember thinking, "how scary, the Canadians use a plane from the 50's". Then realized how old some of the Marine Corps aviation assets are.

Nice picture.

Gringo

TIME

Monday, Aug. 06, 1945

Shooting Star

The Army finally gave the public a look this week at the plane which Army Air Forces chief General Henry Arnold called the world's fastest fighter plane—the Shooting Star (P-80), which Lockheed has been producing since February.

With a service ceiling of 45,000 ft., it can thunder along at 550 m.p.h. Stories of its vast speed include one that a P-80 was flown from California to New York in three hours and 57 minutes. (Best previous nonstop time: six hours, 39½ minutes). Its power is a kerosene-burning jet engine: it has no propeller. Its round nose houses six 50-cal. machine guns. On its wings it can carry either bombs or fuel tanks. Wings and torpedo-like fuselage are painted and polished to the slickness of a wet eel.

Yep that is an F-80 Shooting star................

Charlie

Now that's what I call a low pass. Bet you their hats blew off in the jet wash.

Kelly Johnson cranked out the F-80 from drawing board to proto type in 143 daze. Simply amazing. X

What a great aircraft.

Here is a little more on it.

http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/f-80_shooting_star.pl 

that is a BAD ASS PHOTO

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Did they make 2 seaters?

Know where I could rent one?