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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:G-21A Goose
    Last Military Serial:66327 USN
    Construction Number:1153
    Last Civil Registration:C-GDAO
    Compressed ID:Grumman G-21A sn 66327 USN cn 1153...
    Latest Owner or Location:Almon Landair Ltd, Whitehorse YT

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a G-21A.

    16 November 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n FP503.

    Transferred to Fleet Air Arm Station, Piarco, Trinidad.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 66327.

    From 1946 to 1948

    Government of Guatemala: presidential aircraft.

    8 May 1948

    To Frank W. Albert, Philipsburg PA with new c/r NC66327.

    29 July 1948

    To Frank W. Albert, Philipsburg PA: with new c/r NC1376V.

    7 March 1951

    To Hardy Aviation, Waynesboro PA with new c/r N1376V.

    15 November 1951

    To Far Eastern Foundation Inc, San Francisco CA 1 keeping c/r N1376V.

    8 July 1952

    To Air Carrier Service Corp, Washington DC keeping c/r N1376V.

    10 July 1952

    To Western Enterprises Inc, Pittsburgh PA keeping c/r N1376V.

    16 May 1957

    To James L. Lassiter, Falls Creek VA keeping c/r N1376V.

    26 October 1957

    To Walter A. Stonnell, Falls Church VA keeping c/r N1376V.

    5 July 1960

    To Air Carrier Service Corp, Washington DC keeping c/r N1376V.

    13 September 1960

    To Naka Nihon Koku, Nagoya, Japan with new c/r JA5063.

    1963

    To Nagasaki Airlines keeping c/r JA5063.

    11 March 1965

    To McKinnon Enterprises Inc, Sandy OR with new c/r N93010.

    10 May 1965

    To Warren C. Plummer, Winnipeg MAN with new c/r CF-SBS.

    From 19 May 1965 to 1977

    To Rainy Lake Airways Ltd, Fort Francis ONT keeping c/r CF-SBS.

    27 January 1978

    To Dean H. Franklin/Amphibian Parts Inc, Miami FL with new c/r N143DF.

    April 1979

    To Seaplane Shuttle Transport, New York NY keeping c/r N143DF.

    November 1979


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: N143DF - Grumman G-21A Goose - Opa Locka

    June 1984

    To Catalina Airlines, Long Beach CA keeping c/r N143DF.

    1985

    Appeared in the 1985 Arnold Schwarzeneggar film Commando.

    23 October 1986

    To Wale Enterprises Inc, Costa Mesa CA keeping c/r N143DF.

    28 August 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Toms Aircraft Maintenance, Long Beach Airport, CA. as N143DF.

    1 November 1988

    To C. Chase Hoffman, Tulare CA keeping c/r N143DF.

    March 1990

    To Peier Inc, Waterloo, IA with new c/r N848HP (G-21A, 1153).
    Operated with markings: Island Queen

    22 May 1998

    Civil registration, N848HP, cancelled.

    8 June 1998

    To Almon Landair Ltd, Whitehorse YT with new c/r C-GDAO (G-21A, 1153).

    18 January 1999

    Destroyed.
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