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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16D Albatross
    Last Military Serial:9054 JMSDF
    Construction Number:G-462
    Last Civil Registration:N115FB
    Latest Owner or Location:Freeman Jet Llc, Cape Coral, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 148327.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Marine Self Defence Force with s/n 9054.

    5 December 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N115FB (HU 16E, 148327) issued.

    2 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Ft.Lauderdale International

    September 1992


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Reno-Stead, NV

    3 February 1996

    To United Capital Corp of Ill, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N115FB.

    To Marsh Aviation Company, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    1 January 2005

    Certificate of airworthiness for N115FB (HU 16E, 148327) issued.

    23 March 2007


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Mesa - Falcon Field, AZ, USA

    10 February 2011

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Mesa, AZ.

    5 June 2012

    To Wildfire Aircraft Llc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N115FB.

    By 8 February 2014


    Photographer: Duncan Kirk
    Notes: Falcon Field, AZ

    21 March 2023

    To Freeman Jet Llc, Cape Coral, FL keeping c/r N115FB.
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