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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1964–1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0077.001

MANUFACTURER: Grumman
MODEL: Grumman Tracker CS2F-2
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 12187
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Aircraft
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Grumman
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: BETWEEN 1964-1990
Canada: Unknown
Function: DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE/ REQUIRES ONLY A SHORT TAKE-OFF RUN/ IT OPERATED FROM CARRIERS OR LAND BASES/ HOWEVER, WHEN CARRIERS WERE SOLD, IT'S ROLE WAS CHANGED TO MARITIME PATROL OF FISHERIES
Technical: The Tracker was the first Canadian-built aircraft ever ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy. It replaced the aging Grumman Avenger as the Navy’s anti-submarine patrol aircraft. With the retirement of the aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure, the Tracker reverted to land-based coastal surveillance. In 1960, 17 Canadian Trackers were given to the Netherlands. When the Trackers were retired from the Canadian Forces some were converted to water bombers and are still active in the 1990s. Canada built a total of 99. The Tracker’s detection equipment was similar to what larger, land-based patrol aircraft like the Canadair Argus carried. The Tracker also flew equipped with sonobuoys, smoke markers, torpedoes, flares, and explosive charges, but in much smaller quantities than the Argus.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EACH SIDE OF THE NOSE READS: '187'/ WING SURFACES READ: '187'/ THE FIN READS: '12187'/ BELOW FIN ALONG THE FUSELEAGE READS: 'CANADA'/ BELOW WING, ON SIDE OF ENGINE READS: 'CANADIAN/ FORCES, FORCES/ CANADIENNES'
Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: IT IS DARK GREY IN COLOUR WITH LIGHT GREY PRINT ON IT/ THERE IS A BLACK CANADIAN FORCES ROUNDEL ON WING SURFACES & BELOW FIN ON THE FUSELAGE

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Grumman, Airplane, between 1964–1967, Artifact no. 1990.0077, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1990.0077.001/

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