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

This 1947 Luscombe 8E, registration N2529K, has been under sole ownership for 24 years and is being offered for sale by a CFI with extensive 8E time. The airframe has a total time of 4850 hours as of March 2025, and its last annual inspection was completed in July 2025. The seller reports no damage history (NDH) and states that all maintenance records since 1995 are organized and on hand.

The aircraft is powered by a Don's Dream Machines C85/O-200 hybrid engine, with less than 600 hours since major overhaul (550 SMOH as of March 2026). Key engine upgrades include a Marvel-Schebler carburetor, a SureFly electronic ignition, a stainless steel...

Year: 1947

Make: Luscombe

Series: 8E

Model: 8E

Tail #: N2529K

Serial #: 5256

Find similar aircraft

Luscombe 8E

Find Luscombe 8E aircraft

Luscombe 8E Series

Find aircraft in this series

Luscombe 8Es from $25k-$75k

Find similarly priced Luscombe 8Es

1940s Luscombe 8Es

Find Luscombe 8Es from the 1940s

All Luscombe Aircraft

Browse all aircraft from Luscombe

All Single-Engine Pistons

Browse all single-engine piston aircraft

Specifications

Category: Single-Engine Piston

Intended Use: Classic / Antique, Backcountry, Recreational

Seats: 2

Hours, Logs & Inspections

Total Time: 4,850 hrs

Engine 1 Time: 550 hrs (SMOH)

Logbook Status: Canadian logbooks in storage; all maintenance records since 1995 onward well organized

Inspection Status: July 2025 annual inspection

Avionics

Comms

King KX-155 - Nav-Com

ADSB

Garmin GDL 82 - ADSB-OUT system with transponder

ELT

ACK E-04 - ACK 406MHZ ELT with panel-mounted remote control

Additional Equipment

Engine Monitoring

Electronics International E-4 - EGT indicator (and probe system)

Instruments

RC Allen - RC electric attitude indicator, altimeter, ASI, VSI, magnetic compass, combined analog oil pressure and temperature gauge, recording tachometer

Electrical System

Concorde RG-25XC - 14V electrical system powered by a 60A alternator, sealed lead-acid battery (2019)

Ignition System

SureFly SIM4P - impulse-coupled electronic ignition (left magneto replaced, 2022); right-position magneto overhauled; new ignition harness Champion spark plugs (2021)

Starter

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

Exhaust System

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

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

Air Filtration

Challenger Aviation - (K&N brand) high-flow cleanable filter assembly (STC SA01669CH, 2022)

Landing Gear

Grove wheels and hydraulic disc brakes (2020); Aero Classic 'Smooth Tundra' 8.50-6 4-ply tires (2020); Scott 3200 tailwheel; ski tubular landing gear braces

Flight Controls

Featherlight sealed ball-bearing STC'd pulley kit (2012)

Stall/Performance Mods

STC MicroAir vortex generator kit (2012)

Lighting

TRW Alphabeam LED landing lights (2015, 170,000 candlepower each) with MaxPulse control unit; Whelen anti-collision strobe; Whelen LED nav lights (2025); original white incandescent tail nav light

Interior Equipment

BAS 3-point inertia-reel shoulder harness and lap-belts; panel-mount intercom; panel-mounted FAA-PMA 14V receptacle for powering/charging devices; overhead headset jacks

Seats

Luscombe Foundation Comfort Seats memory-cushion seat-bottoms with lightweight aluminum seat-back frame assembly (installed 2014); ergonomic hardwood stick-grips with PTT switch

Baggage

Opened and extended baggage compartment (2014) - aft floor measures 27" long x 33" wide forward end x 27" wide at aft end

Covers

Bruce's Custom Covers full canopy cover (new ~2020) customized with N2529K; Mac's Airplane Covers insulated engine cover

Interior & Exterior

Exterior Notes: Urethane paint in overall good-fair condition, painted c.1995 in Canada; several small bare patches where filiform corrosion under the 30-year-old paint has been removed and chemically treated with Alodyne; areas of corrosion in aileron gaps and under gap seal strips