Dates

Event

Constructed as a S2F-3S.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152825.

Transferred to VS-33.
Operated with markings: NH, 010

Redesignated as S-2G.

Remanufactured as a S-2G.
New construction number, 0341-029, assigned to the airframe.

13 August 1975

Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1S0568.

From 21 August 1996 to By 1998

To USDA/US Forest Service, Mather, CA with new c/r N522DF.

1 September 1998

Civil registration, N522DF, cancelled.

2000

Photographer: Unknown

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

Converted to a S-2F3AT by Marsh.
New construction number, 294C, assigned to the airframe.
Was the fifth Turbo Tracker converted by Marsh Aviation.

Operated as fire service #89.

30 August 2001

To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N425DF {3}.

Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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Operated as fire service #89 with markings: CAL FIRE

16 February 2005

Certificate of airworthiness for NX425DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152825) issued.

16 March 2005

Certificate of airworthiness for NR425DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152825) issued.

From By 2005 to By 2007

Withdrawn from use.
Stored at the CDF base at McClellan Air Park.

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.

2 May 2016

Certificate of airworthiness for NX425DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152825) issued.

16 July 2016

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Holister Municipal Airport, California, during operations on the Soberenas Fire threatening Big Sur.