VR-BAH Luscombe
8A
(c/n 1631)
Bermuda Air Tours operated a number (4 or 5)
of Luscombes on floats in the island in the years
immediately after WW II. Both photos here were taken by
Peter Keating. Above, circa 1954
and
below ten years later in August 1964. Although fitted with
wheels (From a Piper PA-11, I
believe) it
was never flown in that configuration. Incidentally,
officially the c/n of this Luscombe
was
listed by the Bermudan Civil Aviation Administration as
1961 . However, Tom Singfield,
who
specializes in Bermudan aviation history indicates that he is actually
in possession of the data
plate from
this machine which clearly indicates it to have been
1631. VR-BAH, along with the
Luscombe 8E
VR-BAK is slated to be restored to static display condition in Bermuda
at some
time in
the future.