1947 Luscombe 8ESingle-Engine Piston Aircraft • Anchorage, AK, USA

This 1947 Luscombe 8E, registration N2529K (s/n 5256), is offered for sale at $48,000 by its owner of 24 years, a CFI with extensive 8E time. The airframe has 4,850 hours total time as of March 2025, while the engine—a Don's Dream Machines C85/O-200 hybrid STC (circa 100 HP)—has 550 hours since major overhaul as of March 2026. The aircraft is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and has a July 2025 annual inspection. The seller states a no damage history, noting the previous owner imported it from Canada in 1995 and that all Canadian logbooks are available but in storage.

The airframe is equipped with a suite of STC upgrades, including a Don's Dream...

Year: 1947

Make: Luscombe

Series: 8 Silvaire

Model: 8E

Tail #: N2529K

Serial #: 5256

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Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Backcountry, Recreational

Flight Rules: VFR

Seats: 2

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 4,850 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 550 hrs (SMOH)

Inspection Status: July 2025 annual inspection

Avionics

GPS

ForeFlight - Portable GPS iPad with

Comms

King KX-155 Nav-Com

ADSB

Garmin GDL 82 - ADSB-OUT system installed 2020 by Peninsula Aerotech, Kenai, Alaska; included installation of like-new transponder

EMS

Electronics International E-4 - EGT indicator and probe system

Additional Equipment

Landing Gear

Grove - wheels and hydraulic disc brakes on 8.5x6.0 tundra-style tires; ski tubular braces; tailwheel; Domed hubcaps

Ignition System

SureFly SIM4P - Left magneto replaced with impulse-coupled electronic ignition (2022); Right-position magneto overhauled; New ignition harness installed spark plugs installed 5/2021

Exhaust System

All stainless-steel FAA-PMA Hanlon-Wilson reproduction headers and heat-exchanger shrouded mufflers

Fuel System

Standard welded aluminum 12.5 gallon (25 total) wing tanks; Luscombe Foundation 1/4-turn fuel shutoff valves; Steve's Aircraft STC'd gascolator

Starter

B&C 320 - B&C lightweight starter; factory-overhauled at time of engine overhaul

Alternator

60A alternator; voltage regulator replaced during engine overhaul in 2014

Flight Controls

Featherlight sealed ball-bearing (maintenance-free) STC'd pulley kit (Luscombe Foundation, 2012); pitch-trim cable replaced 2019; rudder cables replaced 2012

Seats and Restraints

Luscombe Foundation Comfort Seats memory-cushion seat-bottoms (2014); BAS 3-point inertia-reel shoulder harness and lap-belts; Ergonomic hardwood stick-grips with PTT switch; removable right stick and pedals

Electrical

Concorde RG-25XC sealed lead-acid battery (second installed mid-2019)

Interior & Exterior

Paint Year: 1995

Exterior Notes: Urethane paint in overall good-fair condition; painted c.1995 in Canada; several small bare patches where filiform corrosion removed and chemically treated with Alodyne; areas of corrosion in aileron gaps under gap seal strips