Luscombe 8A     NC28601         (c/n   1430)

                                 

                                     The Luscombe Model 8 Silvaire was first produced in 1938 and from then until 1942 some 1,200
                                     had been produced.  From 1940 on it was available in four basic models.  The model 8A, seen above
                                     at Horizon Airport, Henderson, Nevada (just south of Las Vegas) in 1989 was powered with a 65 hp
                                     Continental A-65-9F engine.   The Model 8B had a 65 hp Lycoming O-145. whilst the C and the D
                                     had a little more power in the form of a Continental A-75-8-J.  The 8C, in fact, became a best seller,
                                     and one is seen below in my shot taken at the old Miro-Fontana Airport, Southern California in 1960. 

                                        Luscombe 8C       N23055                (c/n   979)