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Luscombe 8A · 1945 · Tacoma, WA
N45JS is a 1945 Luscombe 8A (serial 1948), registered to Johnson Christopher J (partnership) in Tacoma, WA. Its FAA registration is recorded as v and expires January 2028; the airworthiness certificate dates from May 1956 (70 years ago). It carries a Cont Motor A&C65 SERIES engine rated at 65 hp, the engine on 89% of registered Luscombe 8As. Its Mode-S transponder broadcasts the ICAO 24-bit address A5709C. It is one of 898 Luscombe 8A aircraft on the FAA registry. Johnson Christopher J holds 4 aircraft on the registry.
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773 of the 868 registered Luscombe 8A carry this engine (89%), across 19 engine variants on the type.
Source: FAA engine reference (ENGINE.txt), matched on this registration's engine code.
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