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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:UF-1 Albatross
    Last Military Serial:131905 USN
    Construction Number:G-278
    Last Civil Registration:N7026N
    Compressed ID:Grumman UF-1 sn 131905 USN cn G-278...
    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 131905.

    From 8 May 1968 to By 1980

    To Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    20 March 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1U038.

    Markings Applied: 1U038, NAVY, 131905

    16 April 1980

    Offered for sale with a total airframe time of 3,711 hours.

    11 March 1981

    To Grumman Aerospace Corp, Saint Augustine, FL.

    From By 1981 to By 2007

    Placed in open storage unconverted in a contactor yard at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    To Allied Aircraft Sales Inc, Tucson, AZ.

    November 1988

    To Air Crane Inc, Opa Locka, FL with new c/r N7026N.

    From April 1989 to By 1993

    To Island Flying Boats Inc, Miami FL.

    From March 1993 to By 1995

    To South Florida Aviation Investments, Opa Locka, FL.

    14 February 1995

    To Dennis G. Buehn, Carson City, NV.

    30 October 1996

    To Robert F. Carlson, East Walpole, MA with new c/r N7026N.

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


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    23 January 2018

    Civil registration, N7026N, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     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
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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