cvsg57

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2010

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AceFlyboy1 said:
Grumman S-2E Tracker BuNo 152816 VS-35 ‘Boomerangers’ Side number 18. Code NV of CVSG-57. (Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57) from CVS-12 USS Hornet. NAS North Island. Circa 1967. THE HULK OF THIS AIRFRAME STILL EXISTS IN OPEN AIR ARIZONA DESERT STORAGE www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3S (S-2E) Tracker BuNo 152816 1967: VS-35 as NV-18. Upgraded to S-2G. 1974: VS-37 as NH-722. 1975-76: VS-37 as NH-702. July 27, 1976: Put into storage at Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) Arizona. Five digit Process Control Number (PCN): 1S631. Departed: March 1, 1977. 4/1977: Sold to the Royal Australian Navy under FMS as N12-152816 side number 852. One of 16 Struck off charge on August 12, 1984. *9/1992: Sold to a private dealer in West Sale, Victoria Australia, and registered as N16FV. Stored with several other S-2s inside a hangar. 2016: Broken up for parts and one of several fuselage hulks shipped to United Aeronautical Corporation, South Wilmot Road, Tucson, AZ, USA Hulk was in existence at least until 2022 at the United Aeronautical Corp North Yard, 5701 S Wilmot Rd, Tucson, AZ 85756, United States. Possibly held on behalf of US Forestry Service with many others as a reserved asset if required in the future fight against ever increasing forest fires in California and elsewhere in the USA>

AceFlyboy1 said:
Grumman S-2D Tracker BuNo 148718 VS-37 ‘Sawbucks’ Side Number 33. Code NV of CVSG-57. (Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57) from CVS-12 USS Hornet. Circa 1963 at an air base ‘Open House’. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3 (S-2D) Tracker BuNo 148718 1962: VS-37 as NV-32. 1963: VS-37 as NV-33. As yet no information about its fate.

AceFlyboy1 said:
Grumman S-2D Tracker BuNo 148718 VS-37 ‘Sawbucks’ Side Number 33. Code NV of CVSG-57. (Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57) from CVS-12 USS Hornet. Circa 1963 at an air base ‘Open House’. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3 (S-2D) Tracker BuNo 148718 1962: VS-37 as NV-32. 1963: VS-37 as NV-33. As yet no information about its fate.