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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:G-111
    Last Military Serial:137901 USN
    Construction Number:G-374
    Last Civil Registration:N51ZD
    Compressed ID:Grumman G-111 sn 137901 USN cn G-37...
    Latest Owner or Location:Nimbus Aviation Llc, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1.

    22 June 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 137901.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as HU-16C.

    4 May 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1J0058.

    New serial number assigned: HP0083 MASDC

    2 February 1980

    To Smithsonian Institute, Stuart, FL.

    Circa 1981

    Converted to a G-111.
    Grumman St Augustine Corporation.

    December 1982

    To Flying Boat Inc/Chalks International Airline, Miami FL with new c/r N2660L.

    15 June 1983

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2660L (G-111, 137901) issued.

    December 1983

    To Flying Boat Inc, Miami FL keeping c/r N2660L.

    1984

    Withdrawn from use.
    In open storage at Marana Airpark, Arizona.

    4 March 1996

    To United Capital Corporation of Illinois, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N2660L.

    2 July 2008

    To Nimbus Aviation Llc, Jacksonville, FL with new c/r N51ZD.

    1 March 2009


    Photographer: Chris Wood
    Notes: At Pinal Air Park

    To Evergreen Maintenance Center, Pinal Air Park, Marana, AZ.
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    To Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    15 November 2011

    To Nimbus Aviation Llc, Jacksonville Beach, FL keeping c/r N51ZD.

    31 July 2013


    Photographer: Massey Aerodrome FlickR
    Notes: At 2013 Oshkosh

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2660L (G-111, 7901) issued.

    11 January 2017

    To Nimbus Aviation Llc, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL keeping c/r N51ZD.

    31 August 2017

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