RON ALEXANDER YOUTH AVIATION PROGRAM· ICAO24 a0b409· last seen 1d ago

N1441B is a Luscombe 8, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by RON ALEXANDER YOUTH AVIATION PROGRAM. SkyMeter has tracked 74 flights totalling 25 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is GA2 to GA2. Service window in our records spans 407 days. Of those flights, 14 (18.9%) carry at least one detected incident: a 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
74
all time
FLOWN HOURS
25
tracked time
📍
AIRPORTS VISITED
17
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
1
18 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
7/31/2025 → 9/11/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
18.9%
14 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

10
GA2 GA2
6
GA2 K6A2
3
5GA3 GA2
3
2
GA2 KFFC
2
2
KFFC GA2
2
GA2 K4A7
2
2
8GA6 GA2
2

Flight numbers

Most-flown by this airframe

1

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 37 operations of N1441B

37
3/14/2026
39m
△ Low approach-stability score
3/5/2026
12m
△ Low approach-stability score
3/5/2026
12m
△ Low approach-stability score
3/5/2026
18m
△ Low approach-stability score
3/5/2026
18m
△ Low approach-stability score
3/5/2026
2m
△ Low approach-stability score
3/5/2026
2m
△ Low approach-stability score
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