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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16B Albatross
    Last Military Serial:51-7200 USAF
    Construction Number:G-267
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16B sn 51-7200 USAF cn G...
    Latest Owner or Location:Government Liquidation, Rantoul, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SA-16A.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7200.

    1955

    Converted to a SA-16B by Grumman at Bethpage, New York.
    First Albatross modified to SA-16B standard.

    16 January 1956

    First flight.
    First flight as SA-16B.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as HU-16B.

    By 1979

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From 1979 to 1993

    Loaned to Chanute AFB, IL.

    1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 October 2015

    Chanute Museum closed, this aircraft destined for scrapping.

    To Government Liquidation, Rantoul, IL.

    25 September 2017

    For sale by Government Liquidation.

    By 2019

    Scrapped.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Paul Tichy
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