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G-LUSI is a Luscombe 8, a single-engine piston aircraft. SkyMeter has tracked 68 flights totalling 49 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is EGHS to EGDY. Service window in our records spans 359 days. Of those flights, 2 (2.9%) carry at least one detected incident — go-around, unstable approach, stall warning, or runway excursion. The Luscombe 8 has a 35 ft wingspan, a maximum takeoff weight of 1,400 lb.

About the Luscombe 8

The Lockheed L-8 Sirius is a rare Depression-era high-wing monoplane that represents one of aviation's most elegant transitional designs, bridging the gap between fabric-covered biplanes and the all-metal airliners that would follow. Built by Lockheed in the early 1930s, the Sirius was a sleek, low-production aircraft designed for speed and range, powered by a single radial piston engine and capable of cruising at altitudes and speeds that impressed contemporary aviators. Its most famous moment came when Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh flew a Sirius variant on their 1931 survey flights to the Orient and their 1933 transatlantic route-proving expedition, covering tens of thousands of miles over some of the world's most remote terrain and helping establish the feasibility of polar air routes.

The type's clean lines, retractable landing gear, and wooden wing construction made it a technological standout in an era when most aircraft still flew with fixed gear and open cockpits. With a maximum takeoff weight of just 1,750 pounds and a never-exceed speed of 122 knots, the Sirius was nimble and efficient, though its limited production run means fewer than a dozen were ever built. Today the L-8 is a prized collector's aircraft, with surviving examples preserved in museums and a handful still on the U.S.

civil registry. SkyMeter has tracked flights across airframes and operators, with the most frequently observed operator.

FLIGHTS
68
all time
FLOWN HOURS
49
tracked time
📍
AIRPORTS VISITED
14
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
1
16 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
07/09/2025 → 07/03/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
2.9%
2 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

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Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

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Aircraft specifications

Luscombe 8

Engines
Single Piston
Vref (approach)
46 kt
MTOW
1,400 lb
Wingspan
35 ft
Length
20 ft
Wake category
Light

Recent flights

Newest 34 operations of G-LUSI

34
04/19/2026
1h 3m
No alerts
03/22/2026
1h 9m
△ Unstable approach
08/25/2025
1h 4m
No alerts
08/25/2025
1h 18m
No alerts
07/12/2025
1h 25m
No alerts
07/11/2025
1h 26m
No alerts
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