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Good website for a legend....albeit a slow legend...the S-2

A4sForever

A4sForever

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The STOOF -- S-2 or C-1 --- a great ol' airplane -- a pig, but grrrreat, nevertheless. The last of the deck launchers on a CVA. Everyone's hands on the throttles, full forward. I have @ 5 hours in the right seat -- kinda strange having those throttles in the overhead ... :)
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A4sForever

A4sForever

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phrogpilot73 said:
Looks like a radial engine, single vertical stab version of the C-2......
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ACTUALLY ... it looks more like two T-28's flying formation on a Dempsey Dumpster ... and that was one of the derisive descriptions of the STOOF in the 'ol days .... :)
 
A4sForever

A4sForever

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xj220 said:
.... I can't even imagine what it'd be like to fly with overhead throttles.
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The gear handle was there, also ... the COD could actually get up and move when empty with those two big Wright 1500+ hp radials ... the engine entered production sometime in the early '30's and served in a host of Navy and Army Air Corps aircraft .... but the S-2 was always draggin' because of all her ASW gear weight ...

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bunk22

bunk22

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Can't imagine flying the plane to the boat with the power levers like that. It's a classic warbird though.
 
bunk22

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A4sForever said:
You notice the upper hatch open over the guy's helmet??? That was SOP for shipboard ops as that is how you'd get out/try to get out if you ended up in the drink. :)
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I wonder why it's not SOP with our C-2's or E-2's?? I know the E-2's open the rear hatch for the NFO's. My guess is because we don't open the ditching hatches in the rear for the pax....probably a bit to scary and one of them is above the seats......thus we can't open ours if the pax don't have a way out.
 
Catmando

Catmando

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bunk22 said:
Not for the faint of heart. Maybe a repost as well. Not a bad site if you come from a twin turbo prop background. For all you wannabe jet types or current jet types, move along.

http://home.wxs.nl/~roden171/index.html
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Well this jet type actually had the pleasure of bagging a few hours each in an S-2G, a C-1 and a US-2B (aka, "used-to-be"), along with a variety of other dissimilar aircraft (as can be seen in the logbook page below).

While an F-4 almost taxies faster than an S-2 flies, the Stoof was really a lot of fun to fly. Gotta love the sound and power of those big 1820's, and especially hanging your hand on those overhead throttles. Lots of fun and good memories!
 

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brownshoe

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bunk22 said:
Not for the faint of heart. Maybe a repost as well. Not a bad site if you come from a twin turbo prop background. For all you wannabe jet types or current jet types, move along.

http://home.wxs.nl/~roden171/index.html
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Brings to mind this old cartoon strip I’d read as a kid. COD crews in my day were usually worn out and tired from trip after trip. Crumpled uniforms like this old AF cartoon but almost always jovial. Many a trip I took on “USN Airlines” In the rear with the parts and mail. I hoist one for you COD guys! Thanks for the memories!

Steve
 

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Intruder Driver

Intruder Driver

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Catmando said:
Well this jet type actually had the pleasure of bagging a few hours each in an S-2G, a C-1 and a US-2B (aka, "used-to-be"), along with a variety of other dissimilar aircraft (as can be seen in the logbook page below).

While an F-4 almost taxies faster than an S-2 flies, the Stoof was really a lot of fun to fly. Gotta love the sound and power of those big 1820's, and especially hanging your hand on those overhead throttles. Lots of fun and good memories!
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Like A4s and Catmando, I have a few hours in the right seat of the C-1 and too many more in the back. We had a C-1 assigned during my first cruise on Midway in 1980. It was always a treat to watch it deck roll from Vulture's Row, but I hated sitting in the back of the C-1 when it was deck rolling. I think I had about a half dozen or so deck rolls. We used to shuttle crews to the PI for PMCF's or other requirements, and the C-1 was usually how we got there. More reliable and faster than a helo!!
 
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