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C-1 Trader
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Photo: Robert Deering
6/28/2010 USS Midway Museum (CV-41) San Diego, California |
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The C-1 Trader
grew out of a need by the United States Navy
(USN) for a new anti submarine airplane. In
response to this Grumman began development
on a prototype twin-engine, high-wing
aircraft which it designated the G-89. In
1952 the USN designated this aircraft the
XS2F-1
and flew it for the first time on December 4
that year. During the rest of the 1950s
three major variants emerged, the C-1 Trader
being one of them. The C-1 (originally the
TF-1)
was outfitted to carry nine passengers or
3,500 pounds (1,600 kg) of cargo and first
flew in January 1955. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s the C-1 Trader carried mail and supplies to aircraft carriers on station in the Pacific Ocean during the Vietnam War and also served as a trainer for all-weather carrier operations. Over its production life 83 C-1 Traders were built, of which four were converted into EC-1A Tracer electronic countermeasures aircraft. The last C-1 was retired from USN service in 1988; approximately ten are still airworthy in civil hands, operated as warbirds. |
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%20(2).jpg){kind=tracking} Photo: Robert Deering 1981 USS Lexington Gulf of Mexico |
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