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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16B Albatross
    Last Military Serial:51-7187 USAF
    Construction Number:G-244
    Last Civil Registration:N48318
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16B sn 51-7187 USAF cn G...
    Latest Owner or Location:Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16B.

    New serial number assigned: HP056 MASDC

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7187.

    3 November 1976

    To Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ with new c/r N48318.

    By 1984

    To Robert Bean, Tucson AZ keeping c/r N48318.

    1985

    Civil registration ZP-TWV reserved but not taken up.
    Seized by US Marshalls at Ft.Lauderdale, FL.

    April 1985

    To Jet Fleet Inc, Fort Lauderdale FL with new c/r N48318.

    August 1989


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Grumman HU-16B N48318 (c/n G-244) at Fort Lauderdale Executive, Florida in August 1989 while impounded by US Marshals for clandestine operations

    April 1990

    To US Marshals Service, Miami FL keeping c/r N48318.

    1992

    To Ralph N. Smith, Maclean, VA keeping c/r N48318.

    December 1992

    To Aero Exchange Corp, Arlington VA keeping c/r N48318.

    31 March 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX48318 issued.

    17 June 1999

    To Jay B. Koven, Montclair, NJ keeping c/r N48318.

    By 2000

    To Western International, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 July 2010


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: in a Scrapyard around Davis - Monthan, Tucson, AZ.

    27 November 2012

    Civil registration, N48318, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Tucson, AZ.
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