I had to look that up, Chris, and it was renamed HU-16, according to Wikipedia.
What does the 'HU' designation mean? "Humanitarian", perhaps?
Chris
On 10 Oct 2011, at 01:11, Chris Trask wrote:
>
> My second flying experience that summer was at the controls of a C-54.
> I would often go out to base ops and look across the field to the Coast
> Guard station, where they had a half dozen SA-16's (Grumman Albatross).
> That was my first choice (USAF Air Sea Rescue) and the C-130 was second.
> Most of the people in my UPT class had never heard of the SA-16.
>
> Ch
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