Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

The modern lines of the Executive belie the fact that the design is more than 55yr old.

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

The angular wings contrast with the Executive’s otherwise rounded profile.

Aeroplane Monthly 2000-01 / M.Oakey, T.Harmsworth - News

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

Lawerence Smith’s Spartan 7W, N47W, gleams in the sun at Meriden.

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

Another view of c/n 7W-25 as N47W in a variation of the regular Spartan colour scheme on a visit to Simsbury, Connecticut, 21.8.88. It was probably already with a local owner by this time.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC13993   [2]

Spartan Executive c/n 7W-2 NC13993 was a California resident when photographed at Point Magu, CA on 24.10.71.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC13993   [2]

NC13993 was registered to the EAA some 22 years ago and remains current. It is shown here at Pioneer Airport, Oshkosh, WI on 30.7.04 wearing the name "Mrs Mennen" on the cowling, this being previously carried by The Mennen Company's c/n 7W-34 which had suffered an accident in 1978. The cosmetics company family funded the restoration of both aircraft.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17601   [2]

Executive c/n 7W-6 N17601 of John O'Keefe was a visitor to a fly-in at El Cajon, CA in September 1996.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17605   [3], N17605   [3]

C/n 7W-10 still wearing vintage registration NC17605 on a visit to Tullahoma, Tennessee, October 1988

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17615   [2], NC49075   [2]

Another view of c/n 7W-14, this time in its current (and original) marks as NC17615, seen taxying at Oshkosh in August 1995. The large figure '72' on the rear fuselage was the number worn by it in the 1938 Bendix Race.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17616   [3], N836   [3]

Close-up of c/n 7W-15 NC17616 parked at Oshkosh on 28.7.04.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17616   [3], N836   [3]

The splendidly-polished c/n 7W-15 NC17616 is a regular at Oshkosh where it was seen on 28.7.04 sporting a For Sale sign in the rear cabin window

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17617   [2]

The Executive is most frequently seen in polished bare metal but here N17617 c/n 7W-16 wears a bright turquoise scheme while posing with new owner Leon Levitz at Grand Prairie, Texas in November 1997.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17658   [2]

C/n 7W-27 N17658 has spent many years based in California and is seen here in a more original colour scheme at Santa Paula, CA on 24.3.74.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17659   [2], NC17659   [2]

C/n 7W-22 N17659 at Merced, California in June 1971 with camping gear unloaded!

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17659   [2], N17659   [2]

Now wearing NC17659, c/n 7W-22 is seen at Oshkosh in August 1992.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17662   [2], NC17662   [2]

Executive c/n 7W-28 N17662, probably during the 1970s, with a black cat and number 13 symbol on the rudder. The original large registration can still be made out on the rear fuselage.

Мировая Авиация 241

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17662   [2], N17662   [2]

Четырехместный Executive был весьма привлекательной машиной, но его успех подорвала начавшаяся Вторая мировая война. Данный экземпляр был замечен на авиашоу во Флориде в 2006 году.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17664   [3], NC17664   [3]

C/n 7W-30 N17664 with cabin door open, parked at Oshkosh in August 1973.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17664   [3], N17664   [3]

After two registration changes c/n 7W-30 has now been put back into Texaco colours with original marks NC17664 and visited Oshkosh as such 28.7.04.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17665

The much-travelled c/n 7W-31 is still current as N17665 and was captured in a hangar at Fraiser Lake, California in May 2004.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N4444   [2]

C/n 7W-18 in red and white as N4444 at Torrance, CA, on 19.3.72, shortly before its landing accident at Reno.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N5053   [5], N46481   [5], NC17657   [5]

c/n 7W-26 currently N5053 and seen as such at Oshkosh on 28.7.04.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N34SE   [4], N17668   [4], N668MD   [4]

N34SE c/n 7W-34 sporting a red colour scheme when visiting Orange, Massachusetts in June 1993.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N34SE   [4], N17668   [4], N668MD   [4]

C/n 7W-34 as N34SE when operated by the Mennen Company and wearing the name "Mrs Mennen". Compare this colour scheme with c/n 7W-2.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Spartan Executive c/n 7W-13 survived impressment as a UC-71 and after a number of civil owners has spent over thirty years with members of the Hartness family. It is seen here at Oshkosh in August 1975 wearing the Hartness International logo.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X13984   [3]

Prototype Executive c/n 7X-0 in its initial form. The long fin fillet and the enclosed fluted cowling were both dropped during redesign and rebuilding. The result was very similar to the production version.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X13984   [3]

The original cowling must have resulted in some overheating as a second circle of holes had been added around the propeller hub as an early modification.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: X13984   [3]

C/n 7X-0 in flight with an orthodox NACA cowling fitted and registration X13984 for testing.

Flight 1937-01 / Flight

The Spartan Executive, for which Surrey Flying Services are the concessionaires.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

The Spartan "Executive" Four-Five-seat Cabin Monoplane (300 h.p. Pratt & Whitney "Wasp-Junior" engine).

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

This photograph of a Spartan 7W Executive in 'typical' factory colour scheme remains unidentified.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17601   [2]

N17601 seen during a period of ownership by the Dewey Shepard Boiler Co Inc, 1958-64.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17602

C/n 7W-7 NC17602 was used in the 1937 'Fight Infantile Paralysis' campaign, prominently named 'New Hope'

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17605   [3], N17605   [3]

NC17605 c/n 7W-10 photographed at Wright Field wearing a large version of the Spartan company logo.

Air Pictorial 1957-06 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17605   [3], NC17605   [3]

A 1938-built, four/five-seat Spartan Model 7-W Executive which has a ventrally-mounted O/F loop. N17605 has the fashionable white top-decking, plus maroon trim. It has a maximum speed of 212 m.p.h. for an a.u.w. of 4,400 lb.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17613

N17613 c/n 7W-12 in non-standard colour scheme.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17617   [2]

C/n 7W-16 N17617 was one of the Executives used by the RAF in Canada during the war. From 1950 to 1957 it was owned by The Texas Co as "Texaco 68" and is seen as such at Coombs on 18.3.52.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17630   [3], KD102   [3], N17630   [3], N17667   [3]

NC17630 c/n 7W-17 was the third RAF example, operated initially in civil marks by the Polaris Flight Academy as seen here at Lancaster. CA: it later became KD102.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17630   [3], KD102   [3], N17667   [3], NC17630   [3]

C/n 7W-17 N17630 had two periods of ownership by The Texas Co post-war. Here it is seen as "Texaco 74" in the mid-fifties.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17632

A rare photo of c/n 7W-20 as NC17632 of the Wynn-Crosby Drilling Co, its only civil operator, in March 1942. It did not survive war service as a USAAF UC-71 s/n 42-57514.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17633   [2]

Executive c/n 7W-21 seen as N17633 while in the ownership of The Chemical Process Co in 1955.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17657   [5], N46481   [5], N5053   [5]

NC17657 "Good News VII" was c/n 7W-26 and served with the Des Moines "Register and Tribune" newspaper both before and after wartime use as a UC-71.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17658   [2]

Not many Executives seem to have had all-over paint schemes, polished metal being the usual preference. C/n 7W-27 however was photographed in this attractive scheme as N17658 circa 1950.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17661, NC58300

NC17661 c/n 7W-23 became a UC-71 as 42-78037 in 1943, returned to civil use as NC58300 postwar but crashed in October 1946. This view of it on the approach with undercarriage and flaps down shows the unusual forward-sweep cutaway of the wingtips.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17663

NC17663 c/n 7W-29 was first owned by Marshall O Searle in 1940/1 and carried small "Searle Aero Industries Inc" titles at the time. It was destroyed in 1942.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC17664   [3], N17664   [3]

In the 1946-57 period NC17664 was operated by The Texas Company as Texaco fleet number "T-51".

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17667   [3], KD102   [3], N17630   [3], NC17630   [3]

In 1996 c/n 7W-17 was re-regd N17667 (the second), shown here at Merced, CA on 6.6.97 in polished metal with green trim.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17668   [4], N34SE   [4], N668MD   [4]

N17668 c/n 7W-34 in immaculate post-war condition.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N836   [3], NC17616   [3]

Used during the war by Howard Hughes and by the CAA, c/n 7W-15 later spent over 40 years as N836 prior to taking up its original marks again and is seen here with a prominent DF aerial attached.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N4444   [2]

C/n 7W-18 spent most of the fifties in California. Here it is seen on 10.10.52 in the ownership of Midstate Construction as N4444.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N5053   [5], N46481   [5], NC17657   [5]

After a period in Venezuela, c/n 7W-26 returned to the USA and is seen here at either New Tamiami or Opa Locka, Florida in mid-1972 wearing its still-current registration N5053.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N46481   [5], N5053   [5], NC17657   [5]

C/n 7W-26 seen post-war as N46481 with boldly emphasised cabin windows.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N46481   [5], N5053   [5], NC17657   [5]

Another version of the same paint scheme but with large registration and no 'eye-liner' around the windows

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N20200

C/n 7W-11 as N20200 with the Texas Company "Texaco 47" seen circa 1950

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NC49075   [2], NC17615   [2]

Another former UC-71 was c/n 7W-14 shown in 1944 when owned by the Airpath Instrument Co of St Louis as NC49075.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N668MD   [4], N17668   [4], N34SE   [4]

c/n 7W-34 as N668MD on 11.7.63.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

C/n 7W-25 as N47W, apparently unpainted but fitted with am array of aerials and a three-bladed propeller.

Flight 1938-09 / Flight

A Wasp Junior-powered Spartan Executive flown by Charles La Jotte. There is an auxiliary tank behind the cabin.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N17633   [2]

Not many photographs of impressed Spartan Executives seem to have survived. C/n 7W-21 became UC-71 42-38367 in March 1942 and served with the USAF for almost three years before resuming its civilian career.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: KD100

C/n 7W-9 in RAF marks as KD100 dwarfed by Lancaster KB725 at Malton, Ontario, 3.44 while it was serving in Canada with the RAF Ferry Command.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Avro Lancaster / Type 683 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EC-AGM

Of the three Spartan Executives sold to Mexico for onward delivery to the Spanish Republicans, only one carried a civil registration in Spain. This was EC-AGM which served with Lineas Aereas Postales Espaholes (LAPE) and is believed to have been c/n 7W-1. It is thought that this aircraft was the one written off on 5.2.39 at Vilajuiga.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: XA-BEX, NC13997

NC13997 c/n 7W-4 became XA-BEX and went on to Spain in January 1937. The amateurish paint job on the registration arouses the suspicion that it might have been painted on the photograph rather than on the aircraft. [A drawing in "Mundial en Espana" shows it as X-ABEX but this registration format was not generally used after 1934].

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-04 / Personal album. Civil

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YI-SOF   [2], AX666   [2]

The five-seat Spartan Executive 7-W was designed and first flown in almost total secrecy during 1934-36. It was one of the most advanced aeroplanes of its day. It was powered by a single 400 h.p. Wasp Junior SB engine which, at 65 per cent power, gave a 190 m.p.h. cruising speed at 9,600ft. YI-SOF was owned by an Iraqi prince and was named Eagle of Iraq.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-01 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (2)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: YI-SOF   [2], AX666   [2]

One of the few Spartan Executives to be sold outside the Americas, c/n 7W-19 was specially-equipped for HM King Ghazi of Iraq and registered YI-SOF. It was soon to be impressed by the RAF as AX666 but did not last long before an accident reduced it to instructional use.

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: NX21962, N21962

Spartan produced one example of the Model 12W after the war but it did not compete with the vast numbers of ex military surplus types that were then available. It is seen here in experimental marks as NX21962 and is still current as N21962.

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

The Executive could accommodate four or five people.

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N47W   [9]

The photographs show how the seating could be arranged for two and three occupants, the middle passenger sitting further forward.

Aeroplane Monthly 1992-01 / H.Levy - Long-serving Executive

Air-Britain Archive 2005-02 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (3)

A wartime silhouette of the Spartan Executive was produced by The Aeroplane in The Aeroplane Spotter for aircraft recognition purposes by the Royal Observer Corps.

Air-Britain Archive 2004-04 / P.Berry - The Spartan 7W Executive (1)