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Constructed as an UF-1. |
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5 February 1930 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NR7027Z (HU-16, 137911) issued. |
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16 November 1954 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 137911. |
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From December 1954 to June 1956 |
Transferred to 15th Naval District, NAS Coco Solo, Panama, Canal Zone. |
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From December 1956 to May 1957 |
Transferred to NAS Annapolis, CA. |
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From May 1957 to January 1959 |
Transferred to 6th Naval District, NAS Jacksonville, FL. |
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From January 1959 to May 1959 |
Transferred to NAS Pensacola, FL. |
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From September 1959 to December 1959 |
Transferred to NAS Alameda, CA. |
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From December 1959 to January 1962 |
Transferred to 14th Naval District, NAS Midway Island. |
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From May 1962 to March 1964 |
Transferred to Pacific Missile Range (PMR), NAS Kwajalein, Marshall Islands. |
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1962 |
Redesignated as HU-16C. |
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From January 1962 to May 1962 |
Transferred to Fleet Air Western Pacific Repair Activity (Fawpra), NAF Atsugi, Japan. |
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From March 1964 to October 1964 |
Transferred to NAS Agana, Guam. |
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From October 1964 to February 1965 |
Transferred to Fleet Air Western Pacific Repair Activity (Fawpra), NAF Atsugi, Japan. |
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From February 1965 to May 1967 |
Transferred to NAS Agana, Guam. |
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From May 1967 to September 1967 |
Transferred to Fleet Air Western Pacific Repair Activity (Fawpra), NAF Atsugi, Japan. |
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From September 1967 to November 1967 |
Transferred to Naval Air Warfare Development Center (NAWD). |
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From January 1970 to February 1970 |
Transferred to NAS North Island, CA. |
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5 March 1970 |
Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1U037. |
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5 March 1970 |
Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1U037. |
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May 1970 |
Struck off Strength/Charge from the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC). |
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23 September 1974 |
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To Defense Property Disposal Office (DPDO). |
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To Grumman Aerospace Corp, Bethpage, NY. |
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9 March 1981 |
To Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson, AZ. |
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2 March 2000 |
To Koven Jay, Larchmont, NY with new c/r N7027Z. |
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30 May 2002 |
Certificate of airworthiness for NR7027Z (HU-16, 137911) issued. |
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Based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale, FL. |
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2008 |
Based with Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX. |
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19 December 2008 |
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Based at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. |
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31 March 2009 |
To Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, TX with new c/r N7027Z. |
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2 December 2014 |
To unknown owner with c/r N7027Z. |
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7 January 2015 |
To Air Classics Llc, Swanton, VT keeping c/r N7027Z. |
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