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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16 Albatross
    Last Military Serial:51-5292 USAF
    Construction Number:G-174
    Last Civil Registration:N211MC
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16 sn 51-5292 USAF cn G-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Paul D. Colson, Vienna, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SA-16A.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-5292.

    Redesignated as HU-16.

    1968

    Operated by Pan AM Space Tracking Service.

    1975

    To Robert Bean, Hereford AZ with new c/r N65135.

    1977

    To Trans American Air Transport, Chicago IL with new c/r N311MC.

    27 June 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR211MC (HU-16B, 51-5292) issued.

    March 1980

    To Trans American Air Transport, Chicago IL with new c/r N211MC.

    1983

    To Libardo Camargo, Bogota, Colombia keeping c/r N211MC.

    From May 1984 to 1988

    Abandoned.
    On Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos.

    From Circa 1988 to 1995

    To Mojojets/Al Hansen, Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA.
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    29 August 1988

    To Albert C. Hansen, Mojave, CA keeping c/r N211MC.

    September 1989


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Mojave, CA

    From 1996 to 2008

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Marsh Aviation Company, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    1 May 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N211MC missing engines, with a very small reg at Mesa Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ

    June 2002


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: Anonymous Grumman Albatross, Mesa, AZ - No reg visible

    14 July 2008

    To unknown owner with c/r N211MC.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Phoenix, AZ.

    19 April 2013

    To Stilwell Floyd Trustee, Carrollton, TX keeping c/r N211MC.

    12 March 2014

    To Stilwell Floyd Trustee, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N211MC.

    29 March 2019

    To Kleefisch Anne Stilwell Trustee, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N211MC.

    2 May 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N211MC.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Vienna, IL.

    29 June 2023

    To Paul D. Colson, Vienna, IL keeping c/r N211MC.
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