In support of an official event 

The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Fourth Hangar will be closed Saturday, May 24

Guided tours of the 4th building, normally scheduled at 3:00 p.m. daily, are canceled through May 28.

Effective immediately, the William E. Boeing Presidential Gallery will have limited guest access due to scheduled event preparations. The only accessible exhibits during this time include: Douglas VC-54 Sacred Cow, Flying the President Exhibit, USAF Established Artifact. We anticipate full gallery access will resume by June 5, 2025.

1947 Luscombe 8A

Note: This aircraft was offered for exchange as part of NMUSAF Solicitation 19-001 (Closed).

1947 Luscombe 8A (S/N 4812) aircraft project, owned by the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) and determined excess to collection needs. Aircraft has a Continental engine and is not airworthy or suitable for flight purposes. No maintenance log books are available for the aircraft.

The Luscombe 8 was a series of high wing monoplanes designed in the late 1930s. The Model 8 used the new horizontally-opposed small engines that had just been developed by the engine manufacturers, followed in the Luscombe tradition of using no wood in the construction, and had a monocoque fuselage with fabric-covered metal wings.

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