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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16D Albatross
    Last Military Serial:141266 USN
    Construction Number:G-413
    Last Civil Registration:N693S
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16D sn 141266 USN cn G-4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Pacifica Ballroom, Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HU-16D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141266.

    By November 1977

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    November 1977


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At NAS Pensacola

    14 January 1980

    To United States Navy Owner, Washington, DC with new c/r N693S.

    From 14 January 1980 to Circa 1988

    To Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC keeping c/r N693S.
    For coral reef research project from Miami FL, (and) geological survey of Labrador coast.

    14 January 1980

    To United States Navy Owner, Washington, DC keeping c/r N693S.

    From 1988 to 1994

    To Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, FL.
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    14 April 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Lakeland, Florida

    23 November 2000


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Grumman HU-16B Albatross N693S seen outside the Sun n fun Museum, Lakeland. This aircraft has since moved to Universal Studios, Orlando

    Circa 2006

    To Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Pacifica Ballroom, Universal Studios, Orlando, FL.
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    2 April 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Royal Pacific Resort in Kissimmee, FL.

    2 July 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Royal Pacific Resort in Kissimmee, FL.

    By 16 May 2014


    Photographer: Duncan Kirk

    26 November 2014

    Civil registration, N693S, cancelled.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
    Noah Rechtin
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