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Grumman HU-16B · 1953 · Tulsa, OK
N8497J is a 1953 Grumman HU-16B (serial 49-099), registered to E-Commerce Education Foundation (corporation) in Tulsa, OK. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from November 1988 (37 years ago). It carries 2 Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engines, the engine on 20% of registered Grumman HU-16Bs. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address ABA49E. It is one of 10 Grumman HU-16B aircraft on the FAA registry. E-Commerce Education Foundation holds 3 aircraft on the registry.
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2 of the 10 registered Grumman HU-16B carry this engine (20%), across 4 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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