{"id":2353,"date":"2021-04-14T12:30:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T10:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museoaviazione.com\/portfolio-items\/grumman-tracker\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:20:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T08:20:31","slug":"grumman-tracker","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.museoaviazione.com\/en\/portfolio-items\/grumman-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Grumman Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With the onset of the Cold War, it became increasingly important to thwart any\u00a0 possible attack by submarines or\u00a0\u00a0 even more from the depths of the sea. To this end, the US Navy issued a special order for the supply of a new aircraft that could operate both from aircraft carriers and from ground bases capable of delivering\u00a0 together the tasks performed by the AF Guardian couples in a single model.\u00a0The first flight took off\u00a0 in December 1952. The aircraft had all the characteristics and functions that were previously performed\u00a0 by the two individual\u00a0 aircraft: the “Hunter” specific for the identification with electronic devices and the “Killer” with converted weapons of destruction. It was chosen \u00a0by the AMI in 1952 and was flown\u00a0 in Italy for 22 years.\u00a0\u00a0 1200\u00a0 of these aircrafts were manufactured by Grumman until 1968, when\u00a0 production was terminated.\u00a0A total of 45 “Trackers” came into service in the A.M.I in three different versions: 20 of the standard model,\u00a0 designed as an aircraft carrier and therefore equipped, among other things, with hooks for the catapult, stop hook, bolts for the emergency barrier and folding wings; 15, were purchased by the Canadian Navi recognizable by the different terminal fairing and the nacelles engine where the ejectors of the sound buoys are housed; 10 of the terrestrial long-range type, stripped of the wing folding devices\u00a0 (for the benefit of other fuel tanks), the take-off systems and mounting for aircraft carriers. Their removal was completed in 1979, when they were replaced by the “Atlantic”. 13 other countries together with Italy used the Grumman S2-F1 for military purposes.<\/p>\n

The model on display is part of a stock purchased in 1964 by the Royal Canadian Navy.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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