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    Airframe Family: Luscombe Model 8
    Latest Model:8A Silvaire
    Construction Number:2835
    Last Civil Registration:HB-DUX
    Compressed ID:Luscombe 8A cn 2835 cr HB-DUX
    Latest Owner or Location:Victor Bertschi, Steimertenmattweg 8, 4419 Lupsingen, Switzerland

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a 8A.

    7 June 1946

    To Luscombe Airplane Corporation, Dallas, TX with new c/r N71408.

    3 February 1949

    Civil registration, N71408, cancelled.

    To Victor Bertschi, Steimertenmattweg 8, 4419 Lupsingen, Switzerland with new c/r HB-DUX.

    18 January 2014


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Basel Airport, Switzerland

    1 September 2018


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Thun, Switzerland

    19 September 2019


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: at Grenchen LSZG

    8 July 2023


    Photographer: Mario Richard
    Notes: Stanserhorn
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     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft Confederation Suisse
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