162153 C-2A(R)

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Welcome to my Grumman C-2A Greyhound web page. This page is not related to the Northrop Grumman Corporation or to any U.S. NAVY squadron. But you’ll find here information, pictures and facts related to this wonderful aircraft. Thanks to the great people who fly and serve to keep them flying.

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Book Review

Great first with this superb collection of photos listing the 39 second batch C-2A Greyhounds delivered between 1985 and 1990. This landscape book on the C-2 puts photos at their best and presents each aircraft with a selection of one to three never-seen-before photos by the author or his large network. Each unit has a short chapter, and a 'walk-around' type photo album concludes the aircraft presentation. And because Boerries is an avid enthusiast, he has a hawk’s eye, a sense for detail that model makers will love, with stunning colourful liveries and a plethora of interior and exterior photos. Suffice to say that this first try is largely converted on this lesser known aircraft, even if it is so familiar after all these years hitting American flight decks (and occasionally French ones). The R in the designation means Reprocured (for new order) but these planes have also undergone an engine and avionics modernization, particularly with NP2000 eight-bladed propellers, still under the same designation though. You’ll now have to find one of the rare models or conversions to build a perfect Greyhound (1/48 Kinetic, 1/72 RHVP and Falcon conversions, based on Hasegawa or Fujimi’s Hawkeye), with a little work involved! But now, you have THE source for your enterprise! (Sam Prétat - AIF FAN)

Details: Written by Boerries Burkhardt; Category: Bureau Numbers; Last Updated: July 07 2018; Hits: 3815

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound VR-24 BuNo 1621653

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound BuNo 162153 at Rhein-Main Air Base, Frankfurt Germany. Rhein-Main was the important hub for the Air Force in Europe. Quite often, the C-2A of the VR-24 was flying from Frankfurt to Sigonalla or directly to the carrier in the Med.

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound BuNo 162153 of the VRC-40 DET 4 with the USS America in the Med. Photo by Maurizio Cristofoli (PSC Verona)

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound BuNo 162153 of the VRC-40 DET 4 at July 1996. Paul Newman Collection

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound BuNo 162153 of the VRC-40 DET 4 with the USS John F. Kennedy. Boerries Burkhardt Collection

Grumman C-2A(R) Greyhound BuNo 162153 from the VAW-120. Photo by Daniél de Pruis

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