Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - De Havilland CS-2F Tracker
Bill Maloney
1/22/2010

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01 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker 02 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker 03 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker 04 S-2 Tracker Folding Wing
05WrightR1820RadialEngine 06WrightR1820RadialEngine 07DeHavillandS2TrackerNose 08S2TrackerNoseGear
05 Wright R-1820 Radial Engine 06 Wright R-1820 Radial Engine 07 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker Nose 08 S-2 Tracker Nose Gear
09S2TrackerTailWheel 10S2TrackerMainGear 11S2TrackerMainGear 12S2TrackerMainGear
09 S-2 Tracker Tail Wheel 10 S-2 Tracker Main Gear 11 S-2 Tracker Main Gear 12 S-2 Tracker Main Gear
13S2TrackerNoseGear 14S2TrackerArrestorHook 15DeHavillandS2Tracker 16S2TrackerEngineNacelle
13 S-2 Tracker Nose Gear 14 S-2 Tracker Arrestor Hook 15 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker 16 S-2 Tracker Engine Nacelle

DeHavilland CS-2F Tracker Specifications:

Grumman E-1B Tracer and C-1A Trader at other Aviation Museums in the Northeast
Grumman E-1B Tracer Grumman S-2 Tracker
An AWAC version of this Grumman, the E-1B Tracer, can be found at the New England Air Museum near Hartford, CT A Grumman S-2 Tracker can be found at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY
Grumman C-1A Trader Grumman C-1A Trader
Grumman C-1A Trader at the Quonset Air Museum in North Kingston, RI Another Grumman C-1A Trader can be found at the Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association in Willow Grove, PA
DeHavilland S-2 Tracker DeHavilland CS-2 Tracker
A DeHavilland S-2 Tracker at the Royal Canadian Air Force Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada A DeHavilland CS-2F Tracker at the Canadian Air & Space Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Grumman S2F Tracker Flight Simulator Grumman S-2F Tracker
A Grumman S2F Tracker Flight Simulator at the Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Horseheads, NY One more Grumman S2F Tracker at the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, OH

Length: 43 feet 6 inches
Wingspan:
72 feet, 7 inches
Height:
16 feet, 7 inches
Crew:
4
Weight:
Empty 19,000 lbs Loaded - 29,100 lbs
Max Speed: 242 mph
Cruise Speed: 155 mph
Range: 1,000 miles
Service Ceiling: 18,000 feet
Fuel Capacity: 520 gal
Powerplant: Two Wright R-1820-82WA air cooled radial engines 1,525 hp each
Armament:
 Two homing torpedoes and depth charges in bomb bay
 Torpedoes, Rockets or depth charges on 6 underwing hardpoints
First Flight: 1954
Cost: $

David D Jackson has built an extensive set of web pages focused on Grumman S-2 Tracker aircraft. He includes fuselage numbers, locations, and short histories of surviving Grumman S-2 Trackers, Traders, and Tracers.

Here's a Youtube CS-2 Tracker Video with a short clip of a CS-2 Tracker landing and taking off. One more S-2 Tracker Youtube Video of a Tracker doing engine runups. Another CS-2 Tracker Youtube Video doing engine startups and folding its wings.

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