1946 Luscombe Silvaire 8E Single Engine Piston Aircraft For Sale

Listed with us exclusively G-LUSC is located at her private home base, near Husbands Bosworth. Award winning G-LUSC undertook a full nut, bolt & rivet restoration in 2016. Every skin on the aircraft has been replaced & polished to give the gleaming mirror finish she has today. Every component was either overhauled or replaced making this a ‘New Classic’ without all the usual problems associated with a vintage aircraft. A complete list of parts & work completed is available on request including complete photographic evidence of this meticulous restoration. The original Continental C-85 was zero-timed, & the engine & airframe has only flown 22 hours since the restoration. The aircraft will be delivered with a new LAA permit to fly.

Type:
Airplane (Single Engine Piston)
Manufacturer:
Luscombe
Model:
Silvaire 8E
Year:
1946
Serial Number:
Enquire
Reg. Number:
G-LUSC
Total Time:
2,257
Seats:
2
Price:
£78,995

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Total Time:
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Seats:
2
Contact Name:
Kyle Millett
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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Wing area: 140 sq ft (13 m2)
Empty weight: 941 lb (427 kg)
Gross weight: 1,400 lb (636 kg)
Fuel capacity: 25 US Gallons (94 L)
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85 air-cooled flat four, 85 hp (63 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed metal fixed pitch, 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) diameter

PERFORMANCE
Maximum speed (VNE): 145 mph
Cruise speed: 103 mph
Stall speed: 48 mph
Range: 500 mi (800 km, 430 nmi)
Service ceiling: 17,000 ft (5,200 m)
Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.05 m/s)

AIRFRAME
HOURS: 2,257 TTSN | 22 SMOH

ENGINE
MAKE: Continental C85
HOURS: 528 TTSN | 22 SMOH
OVERHAULED: 1990 & inhibited

PROPELLER
MAKE: McCauley 1B90/CM7151
HOURS: 210 TTSN | 21 SMOH
OVERHAULED: May 1990

AVIONICS
Trig TY91 (8·33 kHz spaced)
Trig TT21 (Mode S) Transponder
Turn coordinator
Air Speed Indicator (ASI)
Altimeter
Oil pressure gauge
Oil temperature gauge
RPM gauge
Carb air temperature gauge
Volt meter
Compass
B&C Lightweight Starter
B&C 30amp Alternator
Spin on oil filter

INTERIOR
Traditional, 9.5/10.

EXTERIOR
Polished Aluminium, 9.5/10.

NOTES
PERMIT: July 2023 (New on sale)
EMPTY WEIGHT: 941lbs (427kgs)
MTOW: 1400lbs (636kgs)
HANGARED: Always (Heated)

The Luscombe 8 is a series of high-wing, side-by-side-seating monoplanes with conventional landing gear, designed in & built by Luscombe Aircraft. Luscombe Aircraft closed in 1949, with its assets purchased by Temco Aircraft, also US-based. Temco built about 50 Silvaires before selling the rights to the Silvaire Aircraft Corporation in 1955.

Silvaire Aircraft Company: When TEMCO chose to discontinue production, the Luscombe tooling, parts & other assets were purchased by Otis Massey. Massey had been a Luscombe dealer since the 1930s. His new venture opened in Fort Collins, Colorado, as Silvaire Uranium & Aircraft Corp. From 1956 to 1961, this firm produced 80 aircraft. The make & model for all 80 was Silvaire 8F, with “Luscombe” shown in quotation marks in company literature. N9900C, serial number S-1, was built in 1956. This first aircraft was constructed from spares or Material Review Board (MRB) parts that were serviceable, but remaining from TEMCO’s prior production. TEMCO supplied enough inventory for the completion of approximately four aircraft. N9900C first flew on September 10, 1956. Six aircraft were built in 1957, with two of them being shipped to Buenos Aires, Argentina. The assets of the Luscombe Corporation were acquired by Testrake Aviation in 2019. The company intends to restart production of the Luscombe 8.