Perfect flying day-pt 3- Luscombe T8F Observer

[beaky]

So many terrific planes at Sky Manor Saturday, and i had a ball flying in the L19 and the Stearman... but for me, the highlight was seeing my first T8F

[Hagar]

Luscombes are very popular in this country but I've never seen one of these before. Come to that I've never seen a photo of one.

You seem to be having lots of fun getting close up to all these beautiful rare aeroplanes. I'm quite jealous of your trip in the Stearman. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[beaky]

Luscombes are very popular in this country but I've never seen one of these before. Come to that I've never seen a photo of one.

When I heard about the raffle, I started hunting for pictures and info, and found very, very little. Still haven't found an image of the sprayer version, except for a drawing in the old operating handbook (which was done with pen-and-ink and a typewriter; a T8F owner graciously scanned it and made it available online as a pdf).
As I said, there are very few still flying- about the same number as B17s. Not sure if there are any in the UK, but I have heard of airworthy T8Fs in Canada and Australia.
 

[BigTruck]

Gorgeous paint    Thanks for sharing Sean!

[EJW]

Great shots-interesting info also!