With 5,710 hours total time since new, this 1959 Grumman HU-16 Albatross is no youngster. Its age – 62 years old – also point to the fact that this plane is an old-timer. But as often is the case with ...

CRESSON, Texas — Eighteen months ago, Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Matt Boyd started scouring the country for an HU-16 Albatross, a rather forgotten amphibious plane from the Cold War ...