GRUMMAN S2A TRACKER

• Manufacturer: Kinetic Model Kits
• Scale: 1/48
• Box Release Date: 2011
• New Tool Date: 2013
• Presented By: Bobby Waldron
• Marking options: 3
• Model dimension: Length: 268mm Wingspan: 461mm Height: ??
• Decals: Cartograph
• PE parts: No
• Painting mask: No
• Resin parts: No
• Item No: K48039

The Grumman S-2 Tracker (S2F prior to 1962) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the United States Navy. Designed and initially built by Grumman, the Tracker was of conventional design — propeller-driven with twin radial engines, a high wing that could be folded for storage on aircraft carriers, and tricycle undercarriage. The type was exported to a number of navies around the world. Introduced in 1952, the Tracker and its E-1 Tracer derivative saw service in the U.S. Navy until the mid-1970s, and its C-1 Trader derivative until the mid-1980s, with a few aircraft remaining in service with other air arms into the 21st century. Argentina and Brazil are the last countries to still use the Tracker.