Grumman Fire Cat S-2AT Of Conair Services Canada . Forrest Fire Water Bomber Editorial Photo

Grumman Fire Cat S-2AT of Conair services Canada . Forrest fire water bomber C-FOPV CN DHC-C34 LN 006 . Started life with the Royal Canadian Navy RCN . Photo taken in September 1984 .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,