Photographed at US Coast Guard Air Station Miami. This aircraft was originally delivered to the USAF as SA-16A 51-7249 in November 1953, and transferred to the USCG as 7249 in 1960. On retirement in 1978 it was donated to Smithsonian Institution who registered it as N1043N. It was sold to Resorts International Inc/Chalks International Airline as N249S in 1980 and converted as a G-111. Later re-registered N121FB, it had a number of subsequent owners and is shown as current as such on the USCAR with an Oregon owner.

US Air Force Grumman Albatross 51-7249 from Nov 16, 1953 was stored at MASDC in 1958 . Transferred to USCG as UF-1G 7249 around 1959, the aircraft was next part of the Smithsonian collection in 1979 but was sold by 1980. Converted to a G-111 (civil) by 1984, the amphibian is pictured awaiting some attention at the Kelso airport.

Delivered to the USAF as SA-16B 51-7249 in 1953 and stored at Davis-Monthan. Transferred to the USCG as UF-1G 7249 in 1958. Converted to a UF-2G in 1960. Redesignated as an HU-16E in 1962. To N1043N, converted to a G-111 then to N248S in 1979. To N121FB in 1982. Still current on the register in 2021.

This Albatross is still active as N121FB 'Billabong Clipper', based at Mesa, AZ, having spent periods with the Smithsonian Institute, Chalks International Airline, storage at Marana and service in Singapore after its Coast Guard career