This 1948 Luscombe 8F S# 6126 was owned by Jerry & Delores Adkisson, Tuscola, Illinois, when I made this image on Aug. 24, 2003, at the Luscombe Fly In at Coles County Municipal Airport near Mattoon, Illinois. The entire surface of this plane was a mirror.
Don Luscombe founded the Luscombe Aircraft Company in 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri, after working for Monocoupe. He felt that the fabric-covered metal tube airframe was not the way to go and set out to design an all metal airplane of monocoque construction. This resulted in the Luscombe Model 1, commonly known as the Luscombe Phantom. It was a high-wing, two-place monoplane of all-metal construction, except for the fabric-covered wings. The Phantom was difficult to land (a ground loop waiting to happen), and was never a financial success.
After a few years operating in Trenton, New Jersey, the Luscombe Aircraft Corporation was re-formed as a New Jersey company in 1937. Production on the Luscombe Model 8 began in 1938. Eventually, production was moved to Dallas, Texas. Don had lost control of the company years earlier. In 1949 the company ceased production and declared bankruptcy.
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