Grumman C-1
| Grumman TF / C-1 Trader | |
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 Grumman C-1 "Trader" of the US Navy |
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| Type: | Transport plane |
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| First flight: |
January 19, 1955 |
| Commissioning: |
1956 |
| Number of pieces: |
87 |
The Grumman C-1 Trader is the transport aircraft version of the Grumman S-2 Tracker . The C-1 Trader took on the task of Carrier Onboard Delivery , or COD for short.
Development history
The C-1 emerged from the anti-submarine variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker , a twin-engine shoulder-decker machine that had been developed by the Grumman company for this purpose. The manufacturer's designation was G-89.
In 1952, the US Navy designated it as the XS2F-1 . Her first flight in the Navy was on December 4, 1952. In the course of the 1950s, the C-1 Trader itself and the air surveillance variant E-1 Tracer evolved from this machine . The C-1 Trader , the first designation was TF-1 , was designed to carry 1750 kg of cargo or nine passengers . Their first flight took place in 1955. In the 1960s and 1970s, these machines mainly flew mail and urgently needed spare parts to the aircraft carrier formations at sea off the coast of Vietnam and were used as training machines for all-weather aircraft carrier landings.
A total of 83 machines of the C-1 Trader and another four EC-1A for electronic warfare were built. The last machine was taken out of service in 1988.
The Grumman C-1 Trader was replaced by the Grumman C-2 Greyhound .
The Brazilian Navy bought eight stored C-1A traders in 2010 . Embraer and Marsh Aviation had to overhaul six planes and convert them with new engines, five-blade propellers and new avionics into transporters and two into tankers. After delays, from 2014 only four units will be converted to KC-2 Turbo Trader tankers / transporters. After commissioning, they will be used with four Grumman S-2 aircraft that have been converted into early warning aircraft , now referred to as E-3 Turbo Tracker , which form a transport and early warning squadron 1 (VEC-1). They are stationed at the naval airfield in São Pedro da Aldeia .
Military users
Incidents
During the operation of the C-1 there were 15 known total losses from 1965 to November 2017. In 12 of them 49 people were killed. At least three of these accidents occurred in connection with the Vietnam War .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| Crew: | 2 |
| Length: | 13.26 m |
| Span: | 22.13 m |
| Height: | 5.05 m |
| Empty weight: | 8,504 kg |
| Maximum take-off weight: | 13,222 kg |
| Engines: | 2 × Wright R-1820 -82WA piston engines |
| Power: | 2 × 1,122 kW (1,525 hp) |
| Top speed: | 462 km / h |
| Service ceiling: | 6,095 m |
| Range: | 2,092 km |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brazil buys Traders on flightglobal.com (accessed November 22, 2010)
- ↑ Subsidiária da Elbit Systems ea modernização dos C-1A da Marinha (pt., Accessed on May 8, 2015)
- ↑ http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1998/1998%20-%203305.PDF Flightglobal.com (pdf, accessed May 12, 2015)
- ↑ Accident statistics Grumman C-1 , Aviation Safety Network WikiBase , accessed on November 24, 2017.