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Airframe Family:	Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
Latest Model:	US-2B Tracker
Last Military Serial:	133179 USN
Construction Number:	G-89-150
Last Civil Registration:	N5470C
Compressed ID:	Grumman US-2B sn 133179 USN cn G-89...
Latest Owner or Location:	Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, Kansas

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a S2F-1.
		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 133179.
		Converted to a S2F-1U.
		Redesignated as US-2B.
17 August 1984		Civil registration N55541 reserved but not taken up.
		To unknown owner with c/r N5470C. Registration Pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.
17 August 1984		To Gary R. Larkins, Auburn, CA keeping c/r N5470C.
4 September 1984		Certificate of airworthiness for NX5470C (S2F-1, 133179) issued.
From July 1985 to By 1998		To Ada Aircraft Museum, Frederick, OK keeping c/r N5470C.
1988		To Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal, KS keeping c/r N5470C.
2 May 1997		Civil registration, N55541, cancelled. Last CR action date noted here.
29 January 1998		Assigned civil registration: N5470C
29 January 1998		To unknown owner with c/r N5470C. Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.
		To Mid-America Air Museum, Liberal Municipal Airport, Liberal, KS. View the Location Dossier
		Markings Applied: NS15, 133179
1 January 2004		Certificate of airworthiness for NX5470C (S2F-1, 133179) issued.
1 January 2004		To unknown owner with c/r N5470C. Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.
2009		Photographer: Sid Nanson
9 July 2012		Civil registration, N5470C, cancelled. Registration pending to a new owner in Liberal, KS.
April 2016		Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
April 2016		Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

Credits
Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Print Sources
Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

Internet Sources
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

Individual Contributors
Sid Nanson

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