Tracker Graveyard

That arrester hook in the last pic would look very nice in my shed :D.

You can still buy it (apparently!). As the press report I quoted lists Chesapeake Airways as the legal owners of the S-2s under discussion, I checked their website.

The Chesapeake Airways website lists the S-2’s tail-hook(s) as still being available for sale. Go here: http://chesapeakeairways.com/parts.cfm?step=view_category&category_id=31

In view of recent events, the front page of the Chesapeake Airways website is grimly appropriate: it says BREAKING NEWS!

Well, breaking aircraft is what they do…