Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

12187

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

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Description générale

METAL

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

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Largeur

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Hauteur

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Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Aviation

Catégorie

Aéronefs

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Grumman

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

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Ville

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Contexte

Pays

Worldwide

État/province

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Période

BETWEEN 1964-1990

Canada

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Fonction

DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE/ REQUIRES ONLY A SHORT TAKE-OFF RUN/ IT OPERATED FROM CARRIERS OR LAND BASES/ HOWEVER, WHEN CARRIERS WERE SOLD, IT'S ROLE WAS CHANGED TO MARITIME PATROL OF FISHERIES

Technique

The Tracker was the first Canadian-built aircraft ever ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy. It replaced the aging Grumman Avenger as the Navy’s anti-submarine patrol aircraft. With the retirement of the aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure, the Tracker reverted to land-based coastal surveillance. In 1960, 17 Canadian Trackers were given to the Netherlands. When the Trackers were retired from the Canadian Forces some were converted to water bombers and are still active in the 1990s. Canada built a total of 99. The Tracker’s detection equipment was similar to what larger, land-based patrol aircraft like the Canadair Argus carried. The Tracker also flew equipped with sonobuoys, smoke markers, torpedoes, flares, and explosive charges, but in much smaller quantities than the Argus.

Notes sur la région

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Détails

Marques

EACH SIDE OF THE NOSE READS: '187'/ WING SURFACES READ: '187'/ THE FIN READS: '12187'/ BELOW FIN ALONG THE FUSELEAGE READS: 'CANADA'/ BELOW WING, ON SIDE OF ENGINE READS: 'CANADIAN/ FORCES, FORCES/ CANADIENNES'

Manque

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Fini

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Décoration

IT IS DARK GREY IN COLOUR WITH LIGHT GREY PRINT ON IT/ THERE IS A BLACK CANADIAN FORCES ROUNDEL ON WING SURFACES & BELOW FIN ON THE FUSELAGE