Aircraft Photo of 133355 | Grumman US-2C Tracker | USA - Navy | AirHistory.net #716258
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:133355
Other Marks:1S329
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman S-2 Tracker
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman S-2 Tracker
Aircraft Version:Grumman US-2C Tracker
C/n (msn):N27
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Location
City / Airport:Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFBMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KDMA   IATA: DMA   Local: DMA   Other: -
 
Photo Date:14 October 1984
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 716258
Photo Comment

Delivered to the US Navy as S2F-2. Redesignated as an S-2C in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ on 1970. Left in 1988 then to South Seattle Community College, Seattle WA as N7046U in 1989 and used as a ground trainer. To Reno-Stead by 1999 and used by Advanced Aviation Services for cloud seeding operations to generate snowfall. Destroyed in a fatal crash on takeoff from Reno-Stead in 2000 due an engine failure.

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