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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16C Albatross
    Last Military Serial:131910 USN
    Construction Number:G-293
    Last Civil Registration:N7025J
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16C sn 131910 USN cn G-2...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee, Albuquerque, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16C.

    22 July 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131910.

    13 July 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number UU0045.

    17 February 1981

    To Allied Aircraft Sales Inc, Tucson AZ/Grumman Aerospace Corp, Saint. Augustine FL. Augustine FL with new c/r N7025J.

    December 1988

    To Air Crane Inc, Opa Locka FL keeping c/r N7025J.

    13 June 1989

    To Ritland Stephen, Flagstaff, AZ keeping c/r N7025J.

    8 August 1991


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 1991 Photo taken at Key West Airport, Florida

    30 November 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR7025J (HU-16, 131910) issued.

    26 September 1998

    Crashed.
    Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. There were 4,119 hours on the airframe at the time. The private flight departed Flagstaff-Pulliam Field, AZ (FLG/KFLG), United States of America and was destined for Sedona Airport, AZ (SDX/KSEZ), United States of America. The accident occurred at Sedona Airport, AZ (SDX) (United States of America) while landing. The airframe was repaired. Narrative: A Grumman HU-16C, N7025J, veered off runway 3 on the landing rollout at the Sedona, Arizona, airport...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    26 September 1998

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Sedona Airport (SEZ) Sedona, AZ, United States while landing. The damage was substantial.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    16 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Phoenix - Deer Valley, AZ, USA

    From After 21 June 2007 to By September 2009

    Based at Phoenix Deer Valley Municipal Airport (South Side), Phoenix, AZ.
    The owner apparently keeps the Albatross here during the winter and in Flagstaff during the summer.
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    To Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye Municipal Airport, Buckeye, AZ.
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    19 April 2017

    To Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee, Albuquerque, NM keeping c/r N7025J.

    By July 2017

    To International Test Pilots School, London Metropolitan Airport, London, ON.
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    19 January 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX7025J (HU-16, 131910) issued.

    14 September 2019


    Photographer: Kevan Noseworthy
    Notes: at Airshow London

    15 April 2021

    To Sky West Aviation Inc Trustee, Albuquerque, NM with new c/r N7025J.

    13 June 2021

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Albatros of the International Test Pilots School at Oshkosh, WI

    30 July 2023


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI


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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Kevan Noseworthy

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