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Spartan Arrow

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History
Production
Survivors
Operators
Specifications
Notes
References
External links

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The Spartan Arrow is a British two-seat biplane aircraft of the early 1930s, built by Spartan Aircraft Limited.

History

Built as a successor to the company's first design the Simmonds Spartan, the Arrow was a two-seat biplane with a spruce and plywood fuselage. The prototype G-AAWY first flew in May 1930 with Cirrus Hermes II engine. The 13 production aircraft that followed used mainly the de Havilland Gipsy II engine.

One aircraft was fitted with floats and evaluated as a seaplane in 1931, it was converted back to a landplane and later sold in New Zealand.

One aircraft G-ABST was built to test a new air-cooled Napier engine (later knowns as the Javelin). The second prototype G-AAWY was also used by Cirrus Aero Engines as an engine test bed. Production of the Arrow ended in 1933.

Production

Two prototypes and 13 production aircraft were built at Weston, Southampton, and after 20 February 1931 at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.

Survivors

G-ABWP a Cirrus Hermes II powered Arrow (constructor's number 78) survives in flying condition based at Redhill Aerodrome in England.

Operators

The aircraft was operated by flying clubs and private individuals:

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Specifications

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Notes

1. ^London 1988, p. 334.

References

{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=}}
{{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10014-X }}
{{cite book|last=London|first=Peter|title=Saunders and Saro Aircraft since 1917|year=1988|publisher=Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-85177-814-3}}

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080409073237/http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/iowweb/sim.html Simmonds/ Spartan Aircraft]
The Spartan "Arrow". A New Two-Seater with Good Climb. in Flight, 7 November 1930.

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