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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16C Albatross
    Last Military Serial:1276 LIL
    Construction Number:G-423
    Last Civil Registration:N43155
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16C sn 1276 LIL cn G-423...
    Latest Owner or Location:Glendale Airport, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141276.

    1 June 1962

    Redesignated as HU-16C.

    From 9 January 1969 to 6 March 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Landhelgisgaesla Islands, Landhelgisgaeslan with s/n 1276.
    Loaned to Icelandic Coast Guard.

    March 1969


    Photographer: Leo Larsen

    9 September 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1U0049.

    4 March 1981

    To Allied Aircraft Sales Inc, Tucson AZ.

    October 1987

    To Rick Grant, Oakland CA.
    For restoration.

    13 September 1991

    To Grant Engineering and Manufacturing, Richmond, CA with new c/r N43155.

    23 March 1995

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR43155 (HU-16, 141276) issued.

    Based at Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Aerocrafters, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    September 2011


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: at the 32nd annual Splash In at Lakeport, CA

    28 September 2013

    Civil registration, N43155, cancelled.

    28 March 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.

    28 March 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.

    17 August 2017

    To Sonoma Jet Aircraft Sales Inc, Santa Rosa, CA with new c/r N43155.

    28 March 2019

    To Alvarado Rivero Fernando, Flower Mound, TX keeping c/r N43155.

    9 February 2021

    To Tactical Flight Ops Llc, Camarillo, CA keeping c/r N43155.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Glendale Airport, AZ.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Thorsten Ruchel
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