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    Airframe Family: Luscombe Model 8
    Latest Model:8E Silvaire
    Construction Number:4437
    Last Civil Registration:VH-SIL
    Compressed ID:Luscombe 8E cn 4437 cr VH-SIL
    Latest Owner or Location:Derek Basil Leonard Viner, Heathcote, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a 8E.

    By 1959

    To Jack E. Taylor, Norwalk, CA with new c/r N1710K.

    8 May 1970

    To Keith Stropus, North Hills, CA keeping c/r N1710K.

    11 October 1995

    Civil registration, N1710K, cancelled.

    12 October 1995

    To Derek Basil Leonard Viner, Heathcote, VIC with new c/r VH-SIL.

    Based at Kyneton Airport, Kyneton, Victoria.
    Although the formal registration inicates the owner moved between Heathcode and Maldon, the aiframe remained based at Kyneton.
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    14 July 1999

    To Victor Kaye, Maldon, VIC keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    10 February 2006

    To Derek Viner, Heathcote, VIC keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    15 February 2006

    To Victor Kaye, Maldon, VIC keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    23 December 2008

    To Michael Chapman, Sedan, SA keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    3 August 2009

    To Wayne Johns, Black Hill, SA keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    8 November 2010

    To Derek Viner, Heathcote, VIC keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    3 December 2010

    To Derek Basil Leonard Viner, Heathcote, VIC keeping c/r VH-SIL.

    2 April 2012


    Photographer: Phil Vabre
    Notes: At Kyneton, Victoria

    17 March 2017


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Echuca, Victoria for the Australian Antique Aircraft Association Fly-In
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Derek Viner
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