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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:JRF-1 Goose
    Last Military Serial:87723 USN
    Construction Number:B-117
    Last Civil Registration:N270DB
    Compressed ID:Grumman JRF-1 sn 87723 USN cn B-117...
    Latest Owner or Location:Daniel A. Brown, Gettysburg, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a JRF-1.
    Grumman G-21A B 117

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 87723.

    To unknown owner with c/r N325 {1}.

    1963

    To Peyton Hawes, Portland OR with new c/r N525.

    22 June 1973

    To Land Management Corp, Lincoln NE keeping c/r N525.

    22 June 1973

    To Land Management Corp of North America, Lincoln, NE with new c/r N525.

    30 June 1978

    Civil registration, N525, cancelled.

    July 1978

    To Calm Air International, Lynn Lake MAN with new c/r C-GYVG.

    Circa 1980

    To Weldwood of Canada Ltd, Campbell River BC keeping c/r C-GYVG.

    December 1985

    To 147973 Canada Inc, Calgary ALTA with new c/r N525.

    November 1989

    To Juergen Puetter/Hydroxyl Systems Inc, Victoria BC with new c/r C-GYVG.

    13 October 1998

    To Pacific North American Development and Financial Corporation, Sidney, BC keeping c/r C-GYVG.

    15 February 2000

    To Pacific North American Development and Financial Corporation, Vancouver, BC keeping c/r C-GYVG.

    4 July 2007

    To Pacific North American Development and Financial Corporation, Sidney, BC keeping c/r C-GYVG.

    12 October 2014


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 2014 photo at home base - Victoria BC, Canada

    17 February 2017


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: At Victoria, BC, Canada

    27 July 2023

    To Daniel A. Brown, Gettysburg, PA keeping c/r N270DB.

    17 February 2024

    Certificate of airworthiness for N270DB (G-21A, B117) issued.
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