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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:G-111
    Last Military Serial:7249 USCG
    Construction Number:G-339
    Last Civil Registration:N121FB
    Latest Owner or Location:Aqua Aero Llc, Clackamas, OR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a G-111.

    From 16 November 1953 to 19 November 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7249.

    1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7249.

    By 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    By 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In OPF.

    By 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In OPF at the Coast Guard base.

    7 May 1979

    To Smithsonian Institution, WA with new c/r N1043N.

    August 1979

    To Smithsonian Institution, WA with new c/r N249S.

    13 November 1980

    To Resorts International Inc/Chalks International Airline, Miami FL keeping c/r N249S.

    9 June 1981

    To Flying Boat Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N121FB.

    29 August 1984

    Certificate of airworthiness for N121FB (G-111, 51-7249) issued.

    16 October 1991

    To Flying Boat Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL keeping c/r N121FB.

    From 1993 to 1994

    Based Singapore.

    21 June 2002


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: Heres HU-16E N121FB parked at Falcon Field. Its ex USCG as CG7249, but it started life as a USAF SA-16A, 51-7249. They sent it to the Coast Guard in 1958. Its c/n 339. What a handsome looking aeroplane.

    17 January 2005


    Photographer: Nigel Roling

    13 April 2005

    To Naude Paul, Irvine, CA keeping c/r N121FB.

    12 September 2007

    To Naude Paul, Irvine, CA keeping c/r N121FB.

    Operated by Operated as Billabong Clipper, Honolulu HI.

    6 July 2011

    To Naude Paul, Laguna Beach, CA keeping c/r N121FB.

    10 April 2013

    To Albatross Adventures Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N121FB.

    6 July 2016

    To Flight Management Llc, Kirkland, WA keeping c/r N121FB.

    28 August 2019

    To Aqua Aero Llc, Clackamas, OR keeping c/r N121FB.
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