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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:UF-1L Albatross
    Last Military Serial:142428 USN
    Construction Number:G-212
    Last Civil Registration:N51025
    Compressed ID:Grumman UF-1L sn 142428 USN cn G-21...
    Latest Owner or Location:Triton Aerospace

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1L.

    Circa 1951

    Was allocated s/n 51-7162 with the United States Air Force but was not taken up.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 142428.
    With triphibian gear for use in the Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze.

    29 October 1968

    New serial number assigned: 1U0029 MASDC

    3 February 1981

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

    January 1988

    To Grumman International Inc, Saint Augustine with new c/r N51025.

    8 January 1992

    To Howard W Selby III, Boulder, CO keeping c/r N51025.

    Conversion to Civil abandoned due to excessive corrosion.

    28 August 2000

    To Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    24 July 2010


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: This unmarked Grumman LU-16C Albatross is Bu.Aer 142428. This a/c was one of a few able to land on snow, as well as water and land, after it was fitted with special three-way landing gear for operation DEEP FREEZE.An attempt was made to restore this one to flight, but it was too corroded. c/n 212 is seen in Western Internationals yard in Tucson,

    14 March 2018

    Civil registration, N51025, cancelled.

    15 December 2018

    To Steven L. McGaugh, Milton, FL with new c/r N51025.

    1 October 2022

    To Triton Aerospace.

    1 October 2022

    To unknown owner with c/r N51025.
    Registration pending to a new owner in La Conner, WA.

    6 January 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N51025.
    Registration pending to a new owner in La Conner, WA.
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