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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16C Albatross
    Last Military Serial:137924 USN
    Construction Number:G-397
    Last Civil Registration:N7028C
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16C sn 137924 USN cn G-3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 137924.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16C.

    From By 27 July 1967 to By 1980

    To Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    27 July 1967

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 1U017.

    Markings Applied: 1U017, 7924

    16 April 1980

    Placed up for sale with 3,430 hours on the airframe.

    9 March 1981

    To Grumman Aerospace Corp., Saint Augustine, FL.

    From By 1988 to By 2007

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Allied Aircraft Sales Inc, Tucson, AZ.
    Placed in open storage unconverted here.

    January 1989

    To Air Crane Inc, Opa Locka, FL with new c/r N7028C.

    From April 1989 to By 1993

    To Island Flying Boats Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N7028C.

    From March 1993 to By 1995

    To South Florida Aviation Investments, Opa Locka, FL keeping c/r N7028C.

    From 25 March 1998 to By 2007

    To Robert F. Carlson, Carson City, NV.

    24 June 2002


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: Grumman HU-16C Albatros is ex US Navy Bu.137924, seen in the yard of Allied Aircraft. It moved on to SAM nearby and last noted there in 2014.

    April 2007

    To Charles D. Wootan, Tucson, AZ.

    To Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 January 2009

    Civil registration, N7028C, cancelled.
    Reported as scrapped.

    Only the forward fuselaged survived the scrapping at Specialized Aircraft Maintenance.

    8 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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