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Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E · 1948 · Ottsville, PA
N1558B is a 1948 Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E (serial 6185), registered to Metz Erik C (co-owner) in Ottsville, PA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires December 2030; the airworthiness certificate dates from July 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor C85 SERIES engine rated at 85 hp, the engine on 84% of registered Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8Es. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A0E034. It is one of 45 Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E aircraft on the FAA registry.
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38 of the 45 registered Silvaire LUSCOMBE 8E carry this engine (84%), across 7 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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