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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:S-2F3AT Turbo Tracker
    Last Military Serial:152824 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N426DF {3}
    Compressed ID:Marsh S-2F3AT sn 152824 USN cr N426...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S2F-3S.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152824.

    Redesignated as S-2E.

    Converted to a S-2G.

    22 April 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1S0532.

    From 21 August 1996 to By 1998

    To US Forestry Commission with new c/r N520DF.

    10 February 1998

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered to Delano, CA, for conversion.

    August 1998

    Civil registration, N520DF, cancelled.

    Contracted to Marsh Aviation Company, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ for work on the airframe.
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    From 1999 to July 1999

    Converted to a S-2F3AT by Marsh.
    Was the third Marsh turbo conversion.

    30 August 2000

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N426DF {3}.

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    Operated as fire service #88.

    21 December 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX426DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152824) issued.

    13 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR426DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152824) issued.

    By 13 July 2013

    Operated as fire service #88.

    13 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Nevada County Air Fest.

    13 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Nevada County Air Fest.

    11 July 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Nevada County Air Fest in Grass Valley, California.

    8 July 2017


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Nevada County Air Fest at Grass Valley, CA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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