NEWELL ALEXANDER· ICAO24 a24278· last seen Mar 2026

N2449K is a Luscombe 8, a single-engine piston aircraft operated by NEWELL ALEXANDER. SkyMeter has tracked 44 flights totalling 22 hours of airtime via ADS-B. The most frequent segment is NY1 to KSCH. Service window in our records spans 282 days. Of those flights, 4 (9.1%) 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
44
all time
FLOWN HOURS
22
tracked time
📍
AIRPORTS VISITED
17
unique
📡
CALLSIGNS
1
16 routes
📅
SERVICE PERIOD
05/30/2025 → 03/09/2026
first → last
INCIDENT RATE
9.1%
4 flagged

Top routes

By flight count

10
NY1 KSCH
3
2
KSCH NY1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

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 22 operations of N2449K

22
03/09/2026
1h 30m
No alerts
02/14/2026
1h 19m
No alerts
09/14/2025
25m
△ Low approach-stability score
09/12/2025
26m
△ Low approach-stability score
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