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radial engine. The fully enclosed engine cowling, with individual air vents for each cylinder, was unusual for a US radial engine light aircraft. Apart from the fabric wing surfaces, the aircraft was all-metal, and had a luxury interior with two side-by-side seats in an enclosed cabin. All compound
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or Model 1 was the first aircraft built by the company, and first flew in 1934. It was a high-wing braced monoplane with conventional fixed tail-wheel landing gear, and was powered by a nose-mounted 145 hp (108 kW)
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217:560 mi (901 km, 490 nmi)
168:143.25 sq ft (13.308 m)
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93:Luscombe Aircraft Engineering Company
58:Luscombe Aircraft Engineering Company
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156:31 ft 0 in (9.4 m)
150:21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
162:6 ft 9 in (2.1 m)
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1111:Single-engined tractor aircraft
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299:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
190:radial engine , 145 hp (108 kW)
297:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
223:700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
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1116:Aircraft first flown in 1934
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320:Air & Space Smithsonian
180:1,950 lb (885 kg)
174:1,320 lb (599 kg)
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301:. London: Studio Editions.
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803:Training helicopter (HT)
446:Brazilian Naval Aviation
277:Gene Smith. "Phantom!".
36:Two-seat cabin monoplane
834:Utility helicopter (HU)
129:General characteristics
99:Design and development
448:aircraft designations
1037:Advanced trainer (V)
1015:Savoia-Marchetti (S)
1046:North American (NA)
314:Johnson, Caroline.
309:. Orbis Publishing.
233:Related development
188:Warner Super Scarab
110:Warner Super Scarab
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548:Trainer (I)
462:Fighter (F)
196:Performance
184:Powerplant:
144:1 passenger
1090:Categories
997:Martin (M)
988:Patrol (P)
961:Vought (V)
902:Navy (AvN)
812:Fairey (F)
781:Fairey (F)
640:Navy (AvN)
609:Boeing (B)
592:Old system
259:References
239:Luscombe 8
166:Wing area:
154:Wingspan:
142:Capacity:
122:Data from
879:Avro (A)
740:Waco (W)
503:H-2 (II)
493:H-1 (II)
369:aircraft
367:Luscombe
228:See also
89:American
19:Phantom
498:H-2 (I)
488:H-1 (I)
325:4 April
160:Height:
148:Length:
105:Phantom
215:Range:
910:I1AvN
653:D2AvN
648:D1AvN
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264:Notes
136:Crew:
67:1934
33:Role
1054:V1NA
856:HU2W
712:D2FW
707:D1FW
671:D1Be
538:H-14
533:H-13
528:H-12
523:H-11
327:2020
186:1 ×
83:The
1023:P1S
1005:P1M
974:O2V
969:O1V
938:I3H
933:I2H
928:I1H
892:I2A
887:I1A
851:HUW
820:HTH
789:E1F
758:D3W
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689:D1C
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