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Welcome and Thank You

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)

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Details: Written by Boerries Burkhardt; Category: VR-30; Last Updated: January 12 2019; Hits: 12538

On 4 October 1966, Grumman C2A Greyhound # 152786 was received followed closely by 152787 and 152788. All three of these were put aboard USS ENTERPRISE on 9 November 1966 for transportation to NAS Cubi Point, Subic Bay, Philippine Islands and transfer to VRC-50. C2A number 152789 was received on 12 December 1966.

Grumman C-2A Greyhound BuNo 159794 of the VR-30 at the old NAS Moffett Field in 1967. Boerries Burkhardt Collection

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