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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16E Albatross
    Last Military Serial:7246 USCG
    Construction Number:G-335
    Last Civil Registration:N29853
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16E sn 7246 USCG cn G-33...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16E.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7246.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7246.

    Modified in 1975 to test the AOSS [Airborne Oil Spill Surveillance] system.

    28 December 1975


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis
    Notes: At San Francisco

    21 August 1981

    To Desert Air Parts, Tucson AZ with new c/r N29853.

    16 March 1982

    To Westair International Inc, Monument CO keeping c/r N29853.

    March 1989

    To JE Investments Inc, Opa Locka FL keeping c/r N29853.

    22 January 1990

    To Island Flying Boats Inc, W Hollywood, FL keeping c/r N29853.

    5 January 1996

    To John P. Morgan Rockford IL, keeping c/r N29853.

    19 September 1996

    To Aviation Management Resources Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N29853.

    9 December 1996

    To Aviation Management Resources Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N29853.

    10 January 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR29853 (HU 16E, 17246) issued.

    6 February 2006

    To Flight Management Resources Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N29853.

    23 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR29853 (HU 16E, 51-7246) issued.

    Based at Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN.
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    7 August 2009


    Photographer: Massey Aerodrome FlickR
    Notes: A visitor to 2009 Oshkosh
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Terry Fletcher
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