C-FEPO in Detail — Photographs, Logbooks, & Technical Records

Includes images before & after 2025 landing incident, full Canadian & American logbooks, and the aircraft’s technical data.



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C-FEPO summary

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Damage photos

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Photos before Incident

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Full US Logbooks

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Full
CDN Logbooks

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FOR SALE Details




Sales Information

Luscombe 8F C-FEPO (formerly N1838B) serial no. 6265 

This aircraft is of significant cultural & historical value.  In 1953 it was the smallest aircraft to cross the North Atlantic. Amateur pilot Peter Gluckmann flew it from San Francisco, USA to Berlin, Germany, and back.

The aircraft was recently damaged in a landing incident.  I invite expressions of interest either from museums, organizations or individuals with the resources to purchase it and preserve its historical value.


It is being advertised at Barnstormers.com

Continental 90 Engine, starboard

barnstormers.com/classified-2005621-Trans-Atlantic-Luscombe-8F.html

I can also be contacted via the ad on Barnstormers.

NOTE: the original registration N1838B has been reserved with the FAA Aircraft N-Number Reservation system. That registration will be transferred to the next owner of the aircraft to allow its re-registration with its original tail number.










C-FEPO summary technical information

Total time since new (TTSN: 4,294.7)
Powerplant: Continental C90 12F
Time since major overhaul (SMOH: 1.778.1)
Propeller: McCauley 1B90/CM7148
Time since overhaul: 735.6

screw on oil filter
MOGAS STC

CHT
G-meter
suction gauge
manifold pressure gauge
directional giro

406 ELT
STX-165 Transponder
GNC 250XL Garmin Radio

two 12.5 gallon metal wing tanks

last annual June 29, 2025

interior 7/10
exterior 3/10

after ground loop:
damage to fuselage skins, right wing & landing gear
possible prop strike

C-FEPO after ground loop

note, to the untrained eye the aircraft looks normal

for more information contact Louis Helbig via contact form or by phone.




Photos of Damage to Luscombe C-FEPO After Landing Incident

Photographs of C-FEPO’s airframe after landing incident on June 29, 2025. 

Photos show damaged landing gear, wrinkles in fuselage skins behind firewall, around landing gear, and aft of cockpit, as well as damage to right wing (indentation aft of landing light). 

Photos also show peeling paint and patches of surface corrosion on fuselage and tail empennage that were present before landing incident.

Note there is no apparent damage to the propellor, however there was a likely prop strike.

Photos of Luscombe C-FEPO 2013-2025

Photographs of C-FEPO’s airframe. Detailed images of panel, interior, wings, fuselage, engine & landing gear. Note these images are ordered from oldest to newest.

Includes photos of some of what remains of Gluckmann’s 1950 modifications:

  • radio antenna base fitting on top of fuselage

  • flare tube holes (patched)

  • oversized Venturi tube

  • special instrument instrument panel plumbing for 2 vacuum systems including panel lever switch (all covered by a 337 engineering certificate)

  • manifold pressure gauge,

  • suction gauge,

  • turn & bank,

  • vertical speed indicator (VSI),

  • directional giro (DG), and

  • panel light

Paint is peeling and chipped on fuselage and tail empennage & there are small patches of surface corrosion and peeling paint on wings. The interiors of the wing & fuselage were treated with ACF. There are some loose rivets in the wings and underside of fuselage. Cowling is heavily patched.

American Aircraft & Engine Logbooks and Repair & Alteration Forms (337s).

N1838B’s original aircraft logbook issued by the Luscombe Aircraft Corporation in Dallas Texas on June 10, 1948.  This logbook contains Peter Gluckmann’s handwriting and signature and records the installation of a factory new engine from Continental on Sept 9, 1953 which Gluckmann appears to have received in return for his endorsement of Continental Engines after his Transatlantic flight. This engine is still in the aircraft. 

A second American aircraft logbook’s with last entry on April 22, 1985.

The original engine logbook for Continental 90-12-F engine serial 43775-3-12 which Gluckmann received directly from Continental after the Transatlantic flight. It begins on Sept 9, 1953.

A second American engine logbook with last entry on Dec 1, 1988

Copies of the Repair & Alternation Forms (337s) for the instrument flight instrument panel and the most remarkable installation of extra fuel tanks and their plumbing.

Canadian Aircraft, Engine, Propeller,  Logbooks and Repair & Alteration Forms (337s).

Complete Canadian logbooks. First entry in aircraft journey log is Nov 11, 1989. First entry in engine log is August 15, 1999.  First entry in propeller log is July 30, 2001 (this might be in error, not certain first page was photographed). Technical logs (Record of Installations & Modifications to Aircraft). 

Canadian documents: Certificate of Airthworthiness,  Registration & MOGAS STC.

Miscellaneous parts and manuals.