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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Grumman C-1 flying side view: PH1 Dave MacLean, U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. C-1A Trader (21240943122): Carlos Menendez San Juan· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Grumman C-1 taking off at Willow Grove: PH1 Dave MacLean, USN; The original uploader was Looper5920 at English Wikipedia .· Public domain
- 4. Grumman C-1 wings folded aboard USS Lexington: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 5. An air-to-air front view of a C-1A Trader carrier on-board delivery (COD) aircraft from Naval Air Station, Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The Trader will soon be retired from service d - DPLA - 10a2786b80564bc47c2cd4e16bda16ab: Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994· Public domain
- 6. C-1A Trader (14082258288): Rob Schleiffert from Holland· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. C-1A Trader off USS Constellation (CVA-64) c1974: USN· Public domain
- 8. Grumman C-1 aboard USS America: PH3 Kirchoff, U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 9. Grumman C-1 landing aboard USS Kitty Hawk: PH1 D. JOHNSON· Public domain
- 10. Grumman C-1A Trader aboard USS Constellation (CV-64), circa in 1978: U.S. Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Grumman C-1 Trader (TF prior to 1962) is a carrier onboard delivery (COD) variant of the Grumman S-2 Tracker. It was replaced by a similar version of the Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, the Grumman C-2 Greyhound. It entered service in 1956 and was retired in 1988, with 87 aircraft produced.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · retractable tricycle gear · 21.2 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 74 years ago, in 1952.
- Top speed is 3.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 21.2 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1952-12-04
- introduced
- 1952
- retired
- 1988
- status
- retired
- number built
- 87
- role
- carrier onboard delivery
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Grumman
- engines
- 2× Wright R-1820-82WA Cyclone
- crew
- 3
- passengers
- 9
- length
- 12.8 m
- wingspan
- 21.2 m
- height
- 5 m
- max take-off weight
- 11.2 t
- top speed
- 451 km/h
- cruise speed
- 269 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,559 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1471612, Wikipedia: Grumman C-1 Trader (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.