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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:SA-16 Albatross
    Last Military Serial:51-7186 USAF
    Construction Number:G-243
    Last Civil Registration:N98TP
    Compressed ID:Grumman SA-16 sn 51-7186 USAF cn G-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Meyers Manx Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1951

    Constructed as a SA-16.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7186.

    1968

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan.

    From 1972 to 1979

    Loaned to USAFM, Confederate Air Force, Harlingen TX.

    15 September 1983

    To Wilkie Cameron, Lubbock TX with new c/r N4478E.

    4 June 1984

    To Ada Aircraft Museum Inc, Oklahoma City, OK keeping c/r N4478E.

    5 July 1986


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Hobbs, NM.

    15 March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Hobbs, NM

    29 April 1995

    To Wally Fisk/Amjet Aircraft Corp, Saint Paul MN keeping c/r N4478E.

    28 May 1998

    To CandP Aviation, Anoka County MN keeping c/r N4478E.

    9 April 2001

    To Amjet Services Inc, Anoka County MN keeping c/r N4478E.

    9 February 2006

    To TP Universal Exports International Llc, Eagan, MN with new c/r N98TP.

    2007

    Restoration started.
    At Carson City, Nevada - vista windows installed.

    29 October 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX98TP (HU-16B, 51-7186) issued.

    26 June 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: Shot at St Cloud Minnesota

    To Whiteman Airpark, Pacoima, CA.
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    To Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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    21 July 2015


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: EAA Airventure 2015 Wittman Field Oshkosh Wisconsin

    27 September 2021

    To Trousdale Aviation Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N98TP.

    Operated by Meyers Manx Airways.

    30 July 2023


    Photographer: Per Einar Jansen
    Notes: Picture at Flesland Airport in Bergen, Norway.

    4 August 2023


    Photographer: Per Einar Jansen
    Notes: Resting in the besutiful Sognefjorden in Norway.
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