E 1 Tracer

The e 1 tracer was the first purpose built airborne early warning aircraft used by the united states navy.

E 1 tracer. The first of 88 examples flew in 1958 and they remained in service until replaced by the e 2 hawkeye in 1977. The e 1 tracer was derived from the c 1 tf 1 trader and was the first purpose built early warning aircraft. It was replaced by the more modern grumman e 2 hawkeye by the 1970s. It was a derivative of the grumman c 1 trader and first entered service in 1958.

Such was the grumman e 1 tracer line of the 1960s and 1970s which was born from the transport minded grumman c 1 trader family. It was replaced by the more modern grumman e 2 hawkeye by the 1970s. E 1 tracer during world war ii the navy and the massachusetts institute of technology conducted experiments codenamed project cadillac with the development of airborne early warning equipment that would enable aircraft to detect enemy aircraft and ships at great distances. The grumman e 1 tracer was the first purpose built airborne early warning aircraft used by the united states navy.

The original trader was adopted as an at sea aircraft carrier transport platform in 1952 and served across 83 examples into the late 1980s. The grumman e 1 tracer was the first purpose built airborne early warning aircraft used by the united states navy. It was originally designated wf 1 from which its nickname of willy fudd came.