Charles Blair purchased 3 Grumman Albatross's with the hopes of having them in service at Antilles Air Boats. One arrived in STX and was parked at the AAB hangar at the airport. It never saw service. One crashed early in the ferrying and the other left in storage.

C/N G-218    SA-16B       51-7168     USAF

(74B)             HU-16B    

N3385F     

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1973-1975   Robert Bean - Tucson, Arizona

1976-1981   Antilles Air Boats - St, Croix, USVI

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1981              Grumman - St. Augustine, FL

                       converted to G-111

3/1981-82    Flying Boats, Inc./Chalks Int'l. Airlines - Miami, FL

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N122FB

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1982-1996    Flying Boats, Inc. - Miami, Florida

                       stored Pinal Park, Marana Arizona

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2/24/96-2009  United Capital Corp. - Wilmington, DE

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4/10/12-16   Wildfire Aircraft, LLC - Mesa, AZ

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1/9/17 -         Barron Aviation, LLC - Perry, MO

                        restoration

Capt. Blair was in discussions with many aircraft manufactures over the years with the hopes that seaplane service would continue in the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean for many years. I will share more of his ideas on subsequent pages.