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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:UF-2G Albatross
    Last Military Serial:7245 USCG
    Construction Number:G-334
    Last Civil Registration:N70262
    Compressed ID:Grumman UF-2G sn 7245 USCG cn G-334...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16E.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7245.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7245 as a UF-1G.

    Converted to an UF-2G.

    Transferred to US Coast Guard, Cape Cod.

    28 June 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 42043.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number HP0082.
    Transferred to the USAF inventory.

    To Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

    By 1988

    To Grumman Aerospace Corp, Saint Augustine, FL.
    Stored unconvered in a contractors yard.

    1988

    Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.

    1988

    To Air Crane Inc, Opa Locka, FL with new c/r N70262.

    From 24 February 1989 to By 1992

    To Island Flying Boats Inc, Hollywood, FL keeping c/r N70262.

    10 August 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR70262 (HU 16E, 7245) issued.

    From 1993 to By 1995

    To South Florida Aviation Investments, Opa Locka, FL keeping c/r N70262.

    1995

    To World Jet Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N70262.

    From 1995 to By 1998

    To Don R. Johnson, Riddle, OR keeping c/r N70262.

    1998

    To Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, CA keeping c/r N70262.

    Placed on display with Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    December 1998

    Markings Applied: 7245, SAN FRANCISCO, COAST GUARD
    Repainted at Santa Rosa.

    2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Coast Guard.

    2 March 2005

    Civil registration, N70262, cancelled.

    13 December 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    24 February 2019


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Notes: Photo taken at the Pacific Air Museum located at the Sonoma County Airport.


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: Shot in OPF in the late 1970s or early 1980s.


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In OPF when with USCG Miami in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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