Surviving Grumman S2F Tracker Information Repository
By David D Jackson

Focusing on Existing Grumman S2F / S-2 Tracker, TF-1 / C-1A Trader and WF-2 / E-1B Tracer Airframes



 

 TF-1 / C-1A Traders currently registered in the USA
Listed in numerical order by US Navy Bureau Number
BuNo FAA # Registered to Registered as Links for the aircraft and other information
136752 N71456 Hans O Lauridsen, Carefree, AZ C-1A This Trader was named "Bull Dawge" and was formally part of the Wiley Sanders Collection.  It is now part of a growing collection of warbirds that Hans Lauridsen is gathering in the Glendale, AZ area.  The C-1A is currently located as of late 2008 at the Buckeye, AZ municipal airport, has been striped of paint, awaiting restoration and repainting along with the biannual prop AD's.
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Lauridsen Aviation Museum
Airliners April 2007
Airliners January 2009
Warbird Registry 136752
Air Britain 136752
136766 N6193Z Specline Corp dba The Cactus Air Force of Carson City, NV. TF-1(C-1A) This aircraft was part of an estate auction for the assets of Air Power, Inc from Lakeport, CA on May 30, 2009.
The Trader was purchased by Specline Corp dba The Cactus Air Force and will be moved to Carson City, NV.  Engines and props from Tracker 136508 will be used to fly it from Lakeport, CA later in 2010.  It will return to the airshow circuit after restoration is completed on it.

Airliners136776-1976
136773  N6193N TRE Aviation Corporation, Wilmington, DE TF-1(C-1A) This aircraft was part of an estate auction for the assets of Air Power, Inc from Lakeport, CA on May 30, 2009.
It was purchased by TRE Aviation Corp out of Wilmington, DE.  However, the owner is apparently located physically at Mesa, AZ.

Airliners136773-1987
136778 N778SR Daniel H. Serrato, Eufaula, AL TF-1(C-1A) This C-1A was purchased by Daniel Serrato in October of 2008.
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Dan Serrato Engine Run 10-2008
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136781 N475AM Duane S Doyle, Oakland, CA and William R Montague C-1A This Trader is back on the air show circuit in 2007 after a 6 year restoration.
S-2 Tracker Site 136781-2000
Airport Data 136781-2006/2007
MyAviation.net 136781- various
Webshots 136781-2007-1
Webshots 136781-2007-2
136788 N6788  Martha C MacGoldrick, Trustee, Manchester, NH.  C-1A Airliners 136788-1978
Warbird Registry 136788
136791 N27PH James Haggland, Fairbanks, AK C-1A Named "Wheel Chair Seven". Hauls freight in Alaska.  Recent information from Donald Smith of Columbus, IN, who was a crew member on this particular Trader while in the US Navy, says he has seen it in Alaska and it is being used to support a gold mine operation.  The sighting was made in October of 2009.  See the short history below on 136791.  It is very interesting.
Short History of WC7
Avia Magazine 136791-2002 
146029 N6192F Tom Blair (Via Tom Reilly of Vintage Aircraft) TF-1(C-1A) In April of 2009 I spoke with Tom Reilly, who is the owner of  Vintage Aircraft, and used to own the Flying Tigers Restoration Museum at the Kissimmee, FL Airport.  He informed me that 136534 is now owned by Tom Blair and it is now in the hangar that previously housed Tom Reilly's operation in Kissimmee.   None of the photos show the N-number on the aircraft.
Air Scene UK 146029
Airliners 146029-2006
Airliners 146029-1991
Pentavia Imaging 146029-1997
Warbird Registry 146029
Preserved US Military 146029
146044 N189G Trader Air, Inc., Topeka, KS C-1A "Miss Belle" last flew August 2002 and crash landed due to engine failure. It is being rebuilt as shown in the 2005 photo posted on Airliners below.  Owner Doug Goss plans to have "Miss Belle" flying again in 2010.
Trader Air Website

Airliners146044-2005
Air Classics article June 2001.
Warbird Registry146044-2002

FindArticles146044-1
FindArticles146044-2
Airpics146044-1980
Aircraftoneaccidentreport
146048 N7171M Pond Warbirds, LLC., Palm Springs, CA C-1A See my Trader Photo Page
Airliners 146048-2008
SimonBrooke146048-2003
Warbird Registry 146048
146049   N81389 Aviation Business Corp., St. Louis, MO C-1A See my Trader Photo Page
Airliners 146049-1984
Airliners 146049-1990
146052 N81193 Texas Aviation Hall of Fame (Lone Star Flight Museum), Galveston, TX C-1A I was able to visit the Lone Star Flight Museum in March of 2009 and the situation with this Trader is not pretty.  Unfortunately, 146052 went under water during Hurricane Ike in September 2008.  The Director of Maintenance for the Museum told me that the estimated repair of the saltwater damage to make it airworthy, which he estimated at $500,000, was not cost effective.  Currently a C-1A can be purchased for $75,000.  The fate of 146052 is yet undetermined.  Hopefully it will at least be maintained as a static aircraft.  Several other aircraft, including a rare Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon and a Consolidated PBY went under about 7 feet of water also.  I was able to take many photos of the Trader, which are linked below.
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Len Mozey Photo 146052-2008
Len Mozey Photo 146052-2009
Airport Data 146052-2002 
Warbird Registry 146052
Airliners 146052-2006

Air Britain 146052-Various
Prime Portal 146052

 

USA Museum or Outside Display TF-1 /C -1A Traders
Listed in numerical order by US Navy Bureau Number
 

BuNo

Type Location Links for the aircraft and other information
136754 C-1A National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL This is located with about 40 other aircraft to the north of the main museum on a ramp.  It may be off limits during normal hours.  It was open during the 2006 NAS Pensacola Air Show.
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Airliners 136754-2007
Naval Aviation Museum 136754
Mavellouswings136754

Airliners 136754-1993
136790 C-1A Grissom Aviation Museum, Entrance to Grissom ARB, Peru, IN Was at Florence, SC Aviation Museum.  The webmaster actually saw this aircraft in transit on a semi trailer on I-65 in transit to Grissom.
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Grissom Museum 136790
Marvellouswings 136790

Coast Comp 136790-1996
Warbird Registry 136790-1985
Palitra Wing 136790
Geta-o-Maxs 136790
136792 C-1A Quonset Air Museum, North Kingston, RI Bill Maloney 136792-2009
Quonset Air Museum Website
Airliners 136792-2008-1
Airliners 136792-2008
My Aviation 136792-1975-1
My Aviation 136792-1975-2

Warbird Resource Group136792
Hudson Air Depot 136792-1
Hudson Air Depot 136792-2
146034 C-1A Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Association, Willow Grove, PA This Tracker was moved into the Museum some time in late 2007.  I was there in May of 2007 and it was not on display at that time.  William Maloney photographed it after I was there on display at the Museum.  From Bill's photos it looks like it had been out for restoration as it really looks good in his photos.
Delaware Valley Historical Aircraft Assoc.

William Maloney 146034-2008
MyAviationNet 146034 -2006
Jet Photos 146034-2003
Airliners 146034-1978

Warbird Registry 146034
146036 C-1A USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA See my Trader Photo Page
USS Midway Museum
USS Midway Museum C-1A Data
John Carmichaels 146036
Wikipedia 146036-2007
Flickr 146036-2008
Airfan 146036-2007

Airport Data 146036-2006
Midway Sailor.com
Airliners 146036-all
Jet Photos 146036-2005
Geta-o-Maxs 146036-1981
Geta-o-Maxs 146036-1984
Geta-o-Maxs 146036-1968
146038 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 68.  Was registered as N32709, which was cancelled in 2002.  This was formerly listed as being in storage but it is actually on display on AMARC's Celebrity Row which is part of the bus tour that can be purchased at the Pima Air Museum.  On the tour it is on the right side of the bus and is one of the first aircraft encountered after turning on to Celebrity Row.
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 USA TF-1 / C-1A Traders in Storage
Listed in numerical order by US Navy Bureau Number
Both the first and last Traders are in storage at AMARC.  The status and existence of all of the Traders below is questionable.  In discussion with the folks at Marsh Aviation in Mesa, AZ I was told that AMARC had started to cut up these aircraft late in 2008 but that process was put on hold by the Brazilian Government which is attempting to find funding to convert them into Marsh Turbo Tankers.  During my bus tours of AMARC in May of 2009 and 2010, I did not see any C-1As with the exception of 146038 that is on display at Celebrity Row.  But then it is a big place and I could not see everything on the grounds.

BuNo

Type Location Links for the aircraft and other information
136748 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 1.  Was registered as N6194K, which was cancelled in 2002.  This was the first C-1A built.
136756 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 9.  Was registered as N61934, which was cancelled in 2002.
136763 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 16.  Was registered as N61932, which was cancelled in 2002.
136786 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 39.  Was registered as N32619, which was cancelled in 2002.
Navy History 136786
146024 C-1A AMARC, Tuscon, AZ Grumman Serial Number 54.  Was registered as N32628, which was cancelled in 2002.
146025 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 55.  Was registered as N32636, which was cancelled in 2002.
VR-24 Photos 146025
146027 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 57.  Was registered as N32654, which was cancelled in 2002.
146028 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 58.  Was registered as N32658, which was cancelled in 2002.
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146030 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 60.  Was registered as N32689, which was cancelled in 2002.
146031 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 61.  Was registered as N32695, which was cancelled in 2002.
Airliners 146038 9-2008

Airliners 146038 5-2008
146041  C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 71.  Was registered as  N32720, which was cancelled in 2002.
146043 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 73.  Was registered as N5054X, which was cancelled in 2002.
146050 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 80.  Was registered as N52705, which was cancelled in 2002.
146051 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 81.  Was registered as N5271B, which was cancelled in 2002.
146055  C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 85.  Was registered as N5271K, which was cancelled in 2002.
146057 C-1A AMARC, Tucson, AZ Grumman Serial Number 87.  Was registered as N32579, which was cancelled in 2002.  This was the last C-1A built.

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