The Luscombe 8 is a series of high-wing, side-by-side-seating monoplanes with conventional landing gear, designed in 1937 and built by Luscombe Aircraft. Development Luscombe Aircraft closed in 1949, with its assets purchased by Temco Aircraft, also US-based. Temco built about 50 Silvaires before selling the rights to the Silvaire Aircraft Corporation in 1955. Silvaire Aircraft Company: When TEMCO chose to discontinue production, the Luscombe tooling, parts and other assets were purchased by Otis Massey. Massey had been a Luscombe dealer since the 1930s. His new venture opened in Fort Collins, Colorado, as Silvaire Uranium and Aircraft Corp. From 1956 to 1961, this firm produced 80 aircraft. The make and model for all 80 was Silvaire 8F, with "Luscombe" shown in quotation marks in company literature. N9900C, serial number S-1, was built in 1956. This first aircraft was constructed from spares or Material Review Board (MRB) parts that were serviceable, but remaining from TEMCO's prior production. TEMCO supplied enough inventory for the completion of approximately four aircraft. N9900C first flew on September 10, 1956 and was sold, according to the FAA aircraft database, to a dealer, Boggs Flying Brokers, in California the following spring. Six aircraft were built in 1957 (serial numbers S-2 through S7). Serial numbers S-2 and S-3 were shipped via C-46 aircraft to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Luscombe Aircraft Corporation now manufactures new Luscombe aircraft based upon the 8 series. They also restore vintage Luscombe aircraft to factory new. Their website is https://www.luscombeair.com/. Variants Model 8 Initial variant with a Continental A-50 engine. Model 8A Luscombe Master Model 8 with a higher power Continental A-65 engine. UC-90A One Model 8A adopted by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II (s/n 42-79549). Model 8B Luscombe Trainer As Model 8A powered by a Lycoming O-145 engine. One impressed by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II as UC-90 (s/n 42-79550). Model 8C Silvaire Deluxe As Model 8A powered by a Continental A-75 engine. Model 8D Silvaire Deluxe Trainer As Model 8A with steerable tailwheel and other minor changes. Model 8E Silvaire Deluxe An improved Model 8C with increased gross weight and powered by an Continental C-85 engine. Model 8F High-performance variant with a Continental C-90 engine. Model T8F Luscombe Observer A tandem two-seat variant of the 8F for observation duties. Model 8G Was a proposed variant of the 8F with a tricycle landing gear, not