In article , Grumman 46U wrote:

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As I said before, this aviation community is surprisingly small. My
aircraft was owned prior to its St. Louis life by a man whose son
hangars in the same place I do. People at that airport (KHYI, San
Marcos, TX) know my aircraft on sight.

A wonderful story! And a happy owner....

I've had the 3 previous owners of 27R contact me wondering what happened
to it over the years. They've had wonderful stories about the history
and their adventures with it.