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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:S-2A Tracker
    Last Military Serial:133242 USN
    Construction Number:213
    Last Civil Registration:N31957
    Compressed ID:Grumman S-2A sn 133242 USN cn 213 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Marine Aviation Museum Inc, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S-2A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 133242.

    4 December 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX31957 (S2F-1, 133242) issued.

    6 January 1997

    To RG Aero Inc, Houston, TX with new c/r N31957.

    31 January 2002

    To Collings Foundation, Stow, MA keeping c/r N31957.
    Markings added: 3242

    1 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX31957 (S2F-1, 133242) issued.

    Based at Collings Foundation, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
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    27 October 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the 2013 Wings Over Houston Airshow, Texas

    9 March 2016

    To Collings Foundation, Stow, MA keeping c/r N31957.

    21 August 2019

    To Spirit of Flight Foundation, Louisville, CO keeping c/r N31957.

    14 August 2020

    To unknown owner with c/r N31957.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Houston, TX.

    19 March 2021

    To Marine Aviation Museum Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N31957.

    10 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Houston - Ellington Field, TX, USA
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