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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16C Albatross
    Last Military Serial:142362 USN
    Construction Number:G-369
    Last Civil Registration:N1954Z
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16C sn 142362 USN cn G-3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mayfield Aviation Llc, Salem, UT

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a HU-16C.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 1292.
    Diverted to US Navy.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 142362.

    Circa 1965


    Photographer: Batman 60

    From 1975 to 1980

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    14 March 1981

    To Allied Aircraft Sales Inc, Tucson AZ/behalf of Grumman Aerospace Corp, Saint Augustine FL.

    January 1989

    To Air Crane Inc, Opa Locka FL with new c/r N70252.

    February 1989

    To Island Flying Boats Inc, Miami FL keeping c/r N70252.

    3 September 1993

    To South Florida Aviation Investments, Opa Locka FL keeping c/r N70252.

    25 March 1998

    To Robert F. Carlson, Carson City NV keeping c/r N70252.

    29 March 2004

    To Charles H. Hainline, Hammond, OR keeping c/r N70252.

    2007

    Restoration completed.
    At Alamogordo NM.

    4 February 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N70252 (HU-16C, 142362) issued.

    25 October 2009


    Photographer: RedRipper 24

    Civil registration N2NA reserved but not taken up.
    For Charles H. Hainline, Hammond OR:.

    To Neptune Aviation Services, Alamogordo White Sands Regional, Alamogordo, NM.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 February 2013

    To Albatross Adventures Llc, Kingwood, TX with new c/r N1954Z.

    To Lone Star Executive Airport, Conroe, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    18 April 2024

    To Mayfield Aviation Llc, Salem, UT keeping c/r N1954Z.
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     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
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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