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| Keywords: Grumman WF-1 Tracer prototype NAN5-89.jpg The The U S Navy Grumman XTF-1W plane This aircraft BuNo 136792 was to be delivered as a standard TF-1 C-1A Trader but it was pulled off the Grumman production line and used as an aerodynamic prototype for the WF-2 E-1B Tracer airborne early warning aircraft It was fitted with a twin tail and an aluminium radome but not with any electronics On 11 September 1969 it arrived at the Overhaul and Repair Department of the Naval Air Station Quonset Point Rhode Island USA and was rebuilt into a standard C-1A leaving the twin tail After completion the plane was assigned as a utility aircraft to NAS Quonset Point on 8 April 1970 The plane made the last U S Navy flight out of the closing NAS Quonset Point in 3 April 1974 Lateron the aircraft served at other U S East Coast NAS before being retired at NAES Lakehurst New Jersey USA on 3 February 1983 The aircraft is today on display at the Quonset Air Museum North Kingstown Rhode Island USA U S Navy Naval Aviation News May-June 1989 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1980s/1989/mj89 pdf 1969 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Grumman E-1 Tracer 1969 in aviation | ||||
