CT-133 Silver Star / Canadian Air ForceLockheed CT 133 airplane model. The Silver Star is more often referred to as the T 33 or T Bird. The CT 133 Silver Star has a long and distinguished history with the Canadian Forces. The world's first purpose built jet trainer, the T 33 evolved from America's first successful jet fighter, the Lockheed P 80 Shooting Star that briefly flew operationally during the Second World War. Initially known as the P 80C, the trainer variant flew better than its