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Picture of the day: Flying past Chicago in a Luscombe

By General Aviation News Staff · March 1, 2015 ·

Albert Dyer sent in this photo, noting, “It was a nice evening to be flying my 1938 Luscombe. So, why not past Chicago’s shoreline?”

Albert Dyer

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  1. Dale Rust says

    March 3, 2015 at 4:31 pm

    Well, not to give my age away, but I remember flying my no-radio Luscombe 8A from Springfield, IL to Ravenswood Airport (was) in Chicago ….. and back to Sp’fld later that day. I will leave it up to the readers to wonder where the Ravenswood Airport was situated. Hint … it was ‘gobbled up’ by a much larger airport.

  2. William E. Jungerheld says

    March 2, 2015 at 2:21 pm

    Meigs Airport – R.I.P. Haven’t been, and won’t go to spend a dime in Chicago since the idiot mayor tore it up.

  3. Laurie says

    March 2, 2015 at 8:23 am

    Just Beautiful!

  4. stephen crow says

    March 2, 2015 at 6:16 am

    Well…..someone has a Luscombe
    older than mine!
    I flew some 300 hrs in a Luscombe 80
    1940 vintage

    Stephen Crow

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