RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Museum - DeHavilland S-2 Tracker
Bill Maloney
3/5/2010

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01 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker 02 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker 03 DeHavilland S2 Tracker 04 S-2 Tracker Nose Gear
05S2TrackerMainGear 06S2TrackerMainGear 07S2TrackerTailWheel 08S2TrackerTailHook
05 S2 Tracker Main Gear 06 S2 Tracker Main Gear 07 S2 Tracker Tail Wheel 08 S2 Tracker Tail Hook
09WrightR1820RadialEngine 10R1820DataPlate 11S2TrackerBombBayDoors 12S2TrackerBombBayDoors
09 Wright R-1820 Radial Engine 10 R-1820 Data Plate 11 S2 Tracker Bomb Bay Doors 12 S2 Tracker Bomb Bay Doors
13DeHavillandS2TrackerWheelWell 14S2TrackerSonoBouyLauncher 15S2TrackerRadarDome 16S2FlareLauncherPort
13 DeHavilland S-2 Tracker Wheel Well 14 S-2 Tracker Sono Bouy Launcher 15 S-2 Tracker Radar Dome 16 S-2 Flare Launcher Port

DeHavilland S-2 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 CS-2F Tracker DeHavilland S-2 Tracker
A DeHavilland CS2F Tracker at the Canadian Air & Space Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada A DeHavilland S-2 Tracker at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope, 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 video of DeHavilland S-2 Trackers and other aircraft taking off and landing from the carrier HMAS Melborne. This Youtube S-2 Tracker video shows DeHavilland Trackers taxxiing and taking off at NAS Norwa in 1984.

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