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    Airframe Family: Luscombe Model 8
    Latest Model:8F Silvaire
    Construction Number:S-16
    Last Civil Registration:N9912C
    Compressed ID:Luscombe 8F cn S-16 cr N9912C
    Latest Owner or Location:Christopher W. McMillin, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    1959

    Constructed as a 8F.
    Silvaire 8F S-16

    29 April 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9912C (8F, S-16) issued.

    By 1971

    To George Hess, Whitmore Lake, MI with new c/r N9912C.

    From 8 February 1975 to After 1992

    To Henry Traskas, Belleville, MI keeping c/r N9912C.

    18 February 1998

    To John D. Dearden, Monkton, MD keeping c/r N9912C.

    23 February 2005

    To Good Earthkeeping Organization Inc, Orange, CA keeping c/r N9912C.

    12 June 2013

    To Sky Walker Flight School Llc, Adrian, MI keeping c/r N9912C.

    26 January 2022

    To Sky Walker Flight School Llc, Adrian, MI keeping c/r N9912C.

    December 2022


    Photographer: Chris McMillin
    Notes: I just bought this 59 Silvaire 8F. It was converted by Moody Larsen to 150 hp and has Clevelands. We picked it up in Adrian, MI yesterday and raced down to Newnan, GA to have Oasis Avionics freshen up the panel.

    12 May 2023

    To Christopher W. McMillin, Tucson, AZ keeping c/r N9912C.

    29 August 2024


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: At Antique Airfield, Blakesburg
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