Mojo Jets

Our latest aircraft is now available for movie and flight test work!

Mojo Jets has recently acquired this fine example of a CT-133 T-Bird. The CT-133 is the Canadian version of the famous T-33 Air Force trainer. The aircraft is equipped with extra under-wing stores pylons for Electronic Warfare modifications and test articles for Research and Development Flight Testing.

Our CT-133 was painted to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the RCAF, 414 'Black Knights' Combat Support Squadron, based at 19 Wing Comox, to reflect its squadron heritage.

The CT-133 Photo Gallery

CT-133/T-33 Background Information

The Silver Star
Canadair’s CT-133 Silver Star is a training derivative of the 1945– vintage Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star jet fighter. The type entered Canadian service when ex-USAF T-33 T-Birds were loaned to the RCAF. Between 1952 and 1959, Canadair delivered 656 license-built Silver Stars which differed from their US counterparts primarily in being powered by British-designed turbojets*. By the ’60s, Silver Stars were displaced as trainers but continued in other roles, most importantly in electronic warfare.

Renewed CT-133s — Electronic Warfare Mods
In the mid-'90s, the remaining CF Silver Star fleet underwent a $12M upgrade. Of the 45 CT-133s re-delivered to the CF in 1998, ten were equipped for the EW role – the EW trainers perform threat simulation by mimicking the ‘emissions’ and flight path of hostile aircraft or missiles.

The T-Bird is the longest serving aircraft in the Canadian Forces. It has close to 55 years of service and 2.4 million flight hours. It began service as an advanced jet trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and was later used as a ground attack aircraft for peacetime training. The final era of the T-33 had it employed as both a combat support and test aircraft with the Engineering Test Establishment in Cold Lake, Alberta, until it was withdrawn from service on 31 March 2005.