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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16B Albatross
    Last Military Serial:51-7212 USAF
    Construction Number:G-286
    Last Civil Registration:N10625
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16B sn 51-7212 USAF cn G...
    Latest Owner or Location:Margaret S. Dewitt, Corpus Christi, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SA-16B by Grumman at Bethpage, New York.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7212.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16B.

    Transferred to Maryland Air National Guard.

    From 1974 to 1997

    To Florence Air and Missile Museum, Florence, SC.
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    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    From October 1997 to 1999

    Remained in-situ at closed Florence Air and Missile Museum.

    To James W Doane, Scottsdale, AZ.

    22 August 2001

    To Margaret S. Dewitt, Corpus Christi, TX with new c/r N10625.

    2 January 2018

    Civil registration, N10625, cancelled.
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