| S2 Survivors | Grumman S2F Tracker Survivors - a current list of S2 planes flying or display |
| Cruise Books | The largest online collection of freely accessible US Navy Cruise Books |
| VS29 Dragonfires | A short history of Sea Control Squadron TWENTY NINE [VS-29] "Dragonfires" |
| NHHC | Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Maritime quest | Information and pictures for most any ship you can name |
| NavSource | NavSource Naval History. Photographic History of the U.S. Navy |
| Naval Aviation 100 | The 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation Foundation is a publicly supported nonprofit organization working independently to support the USN, USMC and USCG’s Centennial of Naval Aviation. |
| NAS Pensacola | Mainside. |
| Naval Aviation Vision | Interesting White paper on the future of Naval Aviation. e.g.: In 2032 the Navy may still be using straight deck Wasp class carriers (including the USS Kearsarge, LDH-3) with F35's aboard. And Flying Boeing 707's, E2's, and C130's. Lots of drones! 7 MB pdf file. |
| Mike Ray (VS-35 1964-1967) has written a great book about what it was like to fly the S2. He starts with his experience in Pensacola as an AOC, and takes it all the way to VS-35. Hard Cover and CD versions. | |
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Stoof |
Mike Ray also has a book covering his experiences during a Far East cruise aboard the USS Hornet (CVS-12) in 1965. Great way to re-live a Westpac cruise without all the sweat and lost sleep. This book is guaranteed to help you remember the thrills, satisfactions, pride, frustrations, scares, camaraderie, and bureaucracy. Out of Print, but check with Mike Ray if you want one. |
| S2E specs, good pictures, and comments by visitors | |
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Cavanaugh Museum |
The Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison TX is a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to promoting aviation studies and to perpetuating America's aviation heritage. They have a S2F-1 |
| Good cockpit pictures, and links to museums that have S2s | |
| Link to Stoof Stuff - models, books, more links | |
| VS-35, VS-37, HS-2 Veterans Group | |
| Interesting history of the S2 development | |
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RAFS |
 A
now defunct group of S2 drivers which held events for S2 pilots. See the
2008 reunion in Reno. |
| The Navy has a drill team? What are marines for? | |
| North Island - The "Birthplace of Naval Aviation". Links to all the facilities of Naval Base Coronado: Imperial Beach, Amphib Base, San Clemente, SERE, Silver Strand, etc. See Picture. Map. | |
| Special Military Social Security Rate. Also see Military.com | |
| A Naval Aviator's Heaven (poem) | |
| Lots of Navy links | |
| THE Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola Florida. S2, S2 cockpit | |
| All things military, good way to find shipmates | |
| Gerald (Beak) Atkinson's web site | |
| Special notice on the belated awarding of medals and citations | |
| Over 50,000 aviation photos, including these S2 pictures | |
| Deep thoughts on flying | |
| Carrier Naval Aviator association. See S2 and VS29 logo merchandise | |
| Military Records |
National archive of military records. You can request information from your files |
| The Virtual Wall | Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| S2 NATOPS Manual | S-2D/E&G manual dated 1971 |
| SOP | Paper on the adoption of SOP, see esp. pp49-68 |
| S2 Model | Want to make a nice S2 model airplane? |
| Surviving S2s | Surviving Grumman S2F Tracker Information Repository |
| S2 Blog | A wonderful short history of the S2 by Bill Walton |
| Hunter Killers | The United States Navy (USN) 1967 color training film “The Hunter Killers” |
| VS37 | Web site of another NASNI S2 squadron |
| Aircraft | Virtual Aircraft Museum |
| CDF | California Fire Pilots flying S2 and OV-10 aircraft |
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S2 NATOPS PILOTS POCKET CHECKLIST |
Ever worry that you have forgotten a step on an emergency checklist? Here are some pages from the NATOPS PILOT'S POCKET CHECKLIST S2D/E AIRCRAFT to help you refresh your memory. NAVWEPS 01-85SAD-1B 15 July 1965 |
| CWM Models | Pictures of the completed Cold War Museum models |
| Navy Simulator | Miss the Navy? Here's how to simulate being in the Navy |
| NavSource | Lots of good historic pictures of the Kearsarge |
| CVS33 67-68 | Videos taken by Adam Savje on the 67-68 WestPac cruise |
| S2 facebook | S2 facebook group. Lots of good stuff! |
| Museums | Dozens of Air and Space Museums |
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