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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16D Albatross
    Last Military Serial:9053 JMSDF
    Construction Number:G-461
    Last Civil Registration:N117FB
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16D sn 9053 JMSDF cn G-4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Saint Lucie County International Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 148326.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Marine Self Defence Force with s/n 9053.

    To unknown owner with c/r N3479F.

    10 November 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for N117FB (HU 16E, 148326) issued.

    20 February 1996

    To United Capital Corp of Ill, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N117FB.

    Based at Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL.
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    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N117FB (HU 16E, 148326) issued.

    13 February 2013


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Pierce - St Lucie, FL, USA

    10 September 2014

    Civil registration, N117FB, cancelled.

    To Saint Lucie County International Airport, Fort Pierce, FL.
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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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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