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• AceFlyboy1 said:

  THIS AIRCRAFT IS STILL FLYING AS OF YEAR 2023. Grumman S-2E Tracker 151640 VS-25 ‘Golden Eagles’. Side number 38. Code NU of CVSG-55 (Carrier Anti-Submarine Warfare Air Group 55) www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-3S (S-2E) Tracker BuNo 151640 Delivered to U.S. Navy. Assigned to VS-25 as NU-38, 1964-1965. Transferred to VS-33 as NT-135 May 18, 1973: Put into storage at Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) Arizona. Five digit Process Control Number (PCN): 1S401. Departed: February 17, 2000. United Aeronautical Corporation, Tucson, AZ. Sold on the civilian market and registered as N513DF and N438DF. 22 August 1996. To USDA Forestry Service, Mather, CA with new c/r N513DF. 1 September 1998. Civil registration, N513DF, cancelled. Remanufactured as a turbo prop powered S-2F3AT by Marsh Aviation. New construction number, 0229-003 assigned to the airframe. 1 February 2000. Certificate of airworthiness for N438DF {2} (S-2F3AT, 151640) issued. To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA. Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan Sacramento airport Sacramento, CA. Operated as ‘CAL FIRE’ Tanker Number 85. S-2F3AT N438DF FAA Certificate Issue Date: 02/01/2000 FAA Certificate Expiration Date: 07/31/2029