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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 09:21 AM

Aviators - have we got any here? - This is kool . . . . .

I just klicked on a guys avatar at GoComics, and this was the image, so no link to an article or anything .

Anyone familiar with this plane?

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10 replies	Author	Time	Post
Aviators - have we got any here? - This is kool . . . . . (Original post)	akaConcernedCanuk	Jul 28	OP
Grumman S-2 Tracker	cologeek	Jul 28	#1
That there's a Grumman S-2.	JaimeBondoJr	Jul 28	#2
VRC-40 was in the Hangar next to us in Norfolk	Gunslinger201	Jul 28	#3
That had to be great...	wonderwarthog	Jul 28	#4
When they were checking the props was cool	Gunslinger201	Jul 28	#5
Aircraft with soul!	wonderwarthog	Jul 28	#6
Makes me realize	Gunslinger201	Jul 28	#7
I liked the Grumman A-6	wonderwarthog	Jul 28	#8
"Grumman Iron Works"*	Gunslinger201	Jul 29	#9
Beautiful!	wonderwarthog	Jul 30	#10

Response to akaConcernedCanuk (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 09:47 AM

cologeek (4,045 posts)

1. Grumman S-2 Tracker

"50's era ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) platform that served with the Navy until the mid 70's. Replaced by the S-3 Viking. Carried torpedo's, depth charges, or mines. Was exported to a lot of our allies over the years and is still in use in South America.

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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 09:54 AM

JaimeBondoJr (9,017 posts)

2. That there's a Grumman S-2.

Once an anti-submarine plane. The last one I saw in the 80s was used for COD or Carrier Onboard Delivery. Mail and airplane parts. What a freaking racket those radial engines made!

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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 10:21 AM

Gunslinger201 (44,815 posts)

3. VRC-40 was in the Hangar next to us in Norfolk

Whenever they launched one they had to “warm up” the engines and check the Prop Pitch etc

Sounded like someone kick started a Harley

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Response to Gunslinger201 (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:46 PM

wonderwarthog (17,563 posts)

4. That had to be great...

I've heard B-17s and a C-123 at the airshow.

Belching fire and smoke at startup!

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Response to wonderwarthog (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 06:26 PM

Gunslinger201 (44,815 posts)

5. When they were checking the props was cool

They could make it sound like a Buzz Saw then reverse the pitch and make it sound like Paddles slapping the Air, Whap-Whap-Whap!

I was a young Airman Deuce but stuff like that was why I chose Naval Air

Made you think of the Olden Days