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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16C Albatross
    Last Military Serial:137912 USN
    Construction Number:G-385
    Last Civil Registration:N70270
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16C sn 137912 USN cn G-3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 137912.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16C.

    From By 18 August 1966 to By 1980

    To Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    18 August 1966

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1U0016.

    16 April 1980

    Placed up for sale with a total of 2,368 hours on the airframe.

    9 March 1981

    To Grumman Aerospace Corp., Saint Augustine, FL.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Bobs Air Park, Tucson, AZ.
    Placed in open storage unconverted here.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Allied Aircraft Sales Inc, Tucson, AZ.

    January 1989

    To Air Crane Inc, Opa Locka, FL with new c/r N70270.

    From April 1989 to By 1993

    To Island Flying Boats Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N70270.

    From March 1993 to By 1995

    To South Florida Aviation Investments, Opa Locka, FL keeping c/r N70270.

    From 25 March 1998 to By 2007

    To Robert F. Carlson, Carson City, NV keeping c/r N70270.

    15 June 2007

    To Charles D. Wootan, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N70270.

    Based at Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    21 May 2015

    Civil registration, N70270, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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