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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:Turbo Firecat
    Last Military Serial:136600 USN
    Construction Number:G-89-509
    Last Civil Registration:C-GHPJ
    Compressed ID:Conair Turbo Firecat sn 136600 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Abbotsford International Airport (East Side), Abbotsford, British Columbia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S2F-1.

    1962

    Redesignated as S-2A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 136600.

    9 July 1984

    To Reagan Enterprises, Chico, CA with new c/r N55874 (US-2C, 136600).

    16 August 1984

    Civil registration, N55874, cancelled.

    Converted to a Turbo Firecat by Conair.
    New construction number, 022, assigned to the airframe.

    April 1986

    To Conair Group Inc (Conair Aviation), Abbotsford, BC with new c/r C-GHPJ.

    Operated as fire service #71.

    5 June 1986


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: At Abbotsford, BC, Canada

    2 April 2002

    Civil registration, C-GHPJ, cancelled.

    2 April 2002

    To Conair Group Inc, Abbotsford, BC keeping c/r C-GHPJ.

    By 3 July 2012

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Abbotsford International Airport (East Side), Abbotsford, BC.
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