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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16B Albatross
    Last Military Serial:51-5291 USAF
    Construction Number:G-173
    Last Civil Registration:N291TC
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16B sn 51-5291 USAF cn G...
    Latest Owner or Location:John R. Gasho DBA Sr, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a HU-16B.

    1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-5291.

    Transferred to Hickam AFB, HI.
    Used for spack tracking duties at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

    From By 1973 to By 1974

    Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    21 February 1974

    Offered for disposal as parts only.

    From November 1988 to By 1992

    To Caribbean Flying Boats, Miami, FL with new c/r N7049C.

    April 1994

    To Amleco Inc, Tucson, AZ.

    July 1994

    Assigned civil registration: N291TC

    Based at Amleco Inc, Tucson International Airport (TUS), Tucson, AZ.
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    16 September 1994

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX291TC (HU-16B, 51-5291) issued.

    5 December 1994


    Photographer: Unknown

    10 May 1995

    To Amleco Inc, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N291TC.

    By 1995

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N291TC at Tucson, AZ

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX291TC (HU-16B, 51-5291) issued.

    9 May 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N291TC.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Tucson, AZ.

    25 June 2019

    To John R. Gasho DBA Sr, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N291TC.

    3 February 2022


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: Moved to Storage and Restoration area at Pima Air and Space Museum

    19 May 2022

    Civil registration, N291TC, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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