Luscombe Question

[Steve]

How is the name Luscombe pronounce?

 

[starvingcfi]

Luscombe

 

[Steve]

So thats where your son gets his smart mouth

 

[Steve]

luscombe

I was thinking "loose comb"? Is the b silent in Luscombe?

 

[starvingcfi]

sorry. couldn't resist.

i've always heard it pronounced "Luscum"

 

[DGdaPilot]

LUS-COMB

 

[TurboS7]

I learned how to fly at 15 in a Luscombe 8-A with a 65 horse engine on a grass strip. We had no radios and no electrical, it had rag wings. I rented it for $5.00 an hour. I had a 100 hours before I ever flew an airplane that had radios.We called the airplane a Luscum as starving cfi said.In those days our minds were so pure we never even thought about the subliminal meaning.

 

[flewa72]

My dad used to work on Luscombes in Texas way back in the day and he pronounces it Luscum. But then again he pronounces "oil" OHL.