anti-sub a/c

"niceguy" wrote in message
ng.com...

S-3 Viking. The second aircraft image is an S-1. Why wasn't there an
"S-2"?

"Alan Erskine" wrote

S-3 Viking. The second aircraft image is an S-1. Why wasn't there an
"S-2"?

Must have been....my logbook shows about 200 hours of pilot time in
the S2F Tracker.

Bob Moore

"Robert Moore" wrote in message
5.250...
"Alan Erskine" wrote

S-3 Viking. The second aircraft image is an S-1. Why wasn't there an
"S-2"?

Must have been....my logbook shows about 200 hours of pilot time in
the S2F Tracker.

Bob Moore



Hey Bob,


You must have seen the footage of the S-2 taking off from Midway (IIRC) and
flying through an ocean swell.


That must have been the only time that a cockpit was cleaner on the outside
than in. How many times can you do that and get away with it ?




--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Dave Kearton" wrote (in
part):

You must have seen the footage of the S-2 taking off from Midway (IIRC) and
flying through an ocean swell.


That must have been the only time that a cockpit was cleaner on the outside
than in. How many times can you do that and get away with it ?

Do you have a link to that footage - or has it not been digitised?

--
Mike Mackenzie (AVCOM Services)
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA
Remove "XYZ" from the "Reply to" address when responding by email.

"Mike Mackenzie" wrote in message
...
"Dave Kearton" wrote (in
part):

You must have seen the footage of the S-2 taking off from Midway (IIRC)
and
flying through an ocean swell.


That must have been the only time that a cockpit was cleaner on the
outside
than in. How many times can you do that and get away with it ?

Do you have a link to that footage - or has it not been digitised?

--
Mike Mackenzie (AVCOM Services)


I have it (somewhere), when I find it, I'll post it here. I'll also
bet my left one that a short search on Youtube will find it as well.





--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

"Robert Moore" wrote in message
5.250...
"Alan Erskine" wrote

S-3 Viking. The second aircraft image is an S-1. Why wasn't there an
"S-2"?

Must have been....my logbook shows about 200 hours of pilot time in
the S2F Tracker.

Bob Moore

Oops. ;-) I meant, why wasn't there an S-1? Was it due to the 1960's
nomenclature change?

"Mike Mackenzie" wrote in message
...
"Dave Kearton" wrote (in
part):

You must have seen the footage of the S-2 taking off from Midway (IIRC)
and
flying through an ocean swell.


That must have been the only time that a cockpit was cleaner on the
outside
than in. How many times can you do that and get away with it ?

Do you have a link to that footage - or has it not been digitised?

--
Mike Mackenzie (AVCOM Services)


Sorry for the crappy quality, the original footage wasn't good. I'm
sure I've seen better video in the past, if I dig it up, I'll post it.





--

Cheers

Dave Kearton

Grumman S2F/S-2 Tracker

click on photo for more images
In the late 1940s, the US Navy finalized its ideas on a carrier-based
submarine hunter/killer aircraft. The Grumman S2F was designed to meet this
role and first flew in 1952. The S2F was redesignated as the S-2 in 1962
and not phased out until replaced by the Lockheed S-3 Viking in the
mid-1970s.

Variants of the Tracker were also used as transports (the C-1 Trader)
and Airborne Early Warning aircraft (the E-1 Tracer).

Trackers served in the armed forces of Australia, Canada and Israel.

After being phased out of military service, several Trackers have been
converted to firefighting aircraft named the Firecat.

The original designation of S2F led to this aircraft's other
nickname...Stoof.

No S1. Went from AF to S2F.