1946 Luscombe 8A Silvaire T/O G-BSYF [HD]

A 1946 Luscombe 8A Silvaire, from Old Warden Aerodrome in Bedfordshire, England.
Aircraft info:
This aeroplane was built at the Luscombe factory in Dallas, Texas, in 1946 as a Model 8A with serial number 3455 and a Continental C65 engine and made its initial flight on 27th of August of that year. It was registered NC72028 and sold to an owner in West Virginia. Various owners in Michigan (including one Richard J Gere) and Tennessee followed and the aircraft was eventually sold by an owner in Florida for import into the UK in non-flying condition in 1990, having flown a total of 2,200 hours since manufacture.
An extensive restoration followed, during which the aircraft was modified, fitted with a Continental C85 engine and the fuselage fuel tank replaced by wing tanks. In this form it flew again on 7th July 2002, some 19 years after its previously recorded flight, and 56 years after its maiden flight in Texas.

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