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    Airframe Family: Luscombe Model 8
    Latest Model:8A Silvaire
    Construction Number:1196
    Last Civil Registration:N25289
    Compressed ID:Luscombe 8A cn 1196 cr N25289
    Latest Owner or Location:Miles H. Dunn, Ellsworth, ME

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a 8A.
    LUSCOMBE 8A 1196

    29 May 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N25289 (8A, 1196) issued.

    16 April 1997

    To Ralph B. Wite, Milton, FL with new c/r N25289.

    27 April 2004

    To Thomas P. Coyne Jr, Millington, TN keeping c/r N25289.

    31 July 2007

    To Tairex Inc, Hampton, NH keeping c/r N25289.

    2 March 2012

    To Tairex Inc, Hampton, NH keeping c/r N25289.

    23 July 2012


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: At 2012 AirVenture at Oshkosh

    3 October 2014

    To Miles H. Dunn, Portsmouth, NH keeping c/r N25289.

    21 November 2017

    To Miles H. Dunn, Otis, ME keeping c/r N25289.

    17 March 2022


    Photographer: Levi Guimond
    Notes: I am selling this Luscombe 8A (Fabric Wing), 2166TT and 33 SMOH Continental A-65-8. Located in Maine. $25,000

    22 October 2022

    To King Rachel, Gainesville, FL keeping c/r N25289.

    28 June 2023

    To Miles H. Dunn, Ellsworth, ME keeping c/r N25289.
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