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Grumman C-1A Traders I have
personally taken photos of unless otherwise noted. In order by Navy Bureau Number.
136752 : Owner Hans O Lauridsen,
Aircraft at Buckeye Airport, AZ May 2009 This Trader was moved to
Buckeye Airport from the Glendale, AZ Airport after negotiations for a Warbird
Museum there failed. The airport instead built a Jet service facility that
failed within months of its opening. 136752 is part of a collection at
Buckeye that has in this hangar an HU-16, B-25, C-47 and A-26. In an
adjacent enclosed hangar is a fully restored TBM and PT-17.
136754 : National Naval Aviation Museum
November 2006
136778: Owner - Daniel H. Serrato, Eufaula,
AL -
Photos below provided by the owner.
Trader 136778 awaiting its turn in the hangar to get
its annual done at Trudeau Warbird Enterprises & T28 Parts in Punta Gorda, FL.
In the hangar getting inspected.
On the way to Florida by ferry flight for a complete
annual. Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 12:30PM. Photo Courtesy of
Dan Serrato.
Ready to go for the first time in six years!!.
Sunday, December 7, 2008 at 12:30PM. Photo Courtesy of Dan Serrato.
C-1A
136778 running for the first time in five years.
Nice looking Trader.
Older photo showing 136778 at an aviation event in
the Chicago, IL area in 2001. Nickname for this aircraft was "Rosebud"
when she served with on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt.
136790: Grissom Aviation Museum at Grissom
Air Reserve Base, Indiana
Trader located at Grissom Aviation Museum at Grissom Air Reserve Base,
Indiana. The Museum is right on US 31north of Kokomo and south of Peru.
It is actually at the town of Bunker Hill. The base was originally during
WWII NAS Bunker Hill, became Bunker Hill AFB when it was reopened as a SAC base
during the Cold War, and was renamed Grissom AFB in honor of Indiana native and
astronaut Gus Grissom. Photos taken September 2007.
136791: These 1971-73 vintage photos were
provided by Don Smith.
Photos are from the USS Enterprise and NAS Cubi Point, The Philippines.
Don is looking for other members of his crew. Feel free to contact him
about 136791: donald.smith5590@att.net
February, 1973
Front Row Left to Right: R. Hudson, Don Smith
Back Row Left to Right: P.G. Johnson, Ray Clark, Tom Foust
1971 USS Enterprise CVAN-65
146036:
USS Midway, San Diego, CA May 2009
146038:
AMARC, Tucson, AZ May 2009
146048:
Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA May 2009
146049:
Indianapolis Air Show, September 2001
146052: Lone Star Flight
Museum, Galveston, TX March 2009
While the photos due not show it this C-1A was damaged by salt water during
Hurricane Ike in September of 2009 and will not doubt never fly again.
Just to change out the engines would cost $200,000 along with wiring, plumbing,
and wheel and brake repair. Hopefully it will be preserved as a static
display and be moved back inside.
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