6-602: The Spartan Arrow is a British two-seat biplane aircraft of the early 1930s, built by Spartan Aircraft Limited . 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, G-ABBE,
12-494: A prototype aircraft, the Simmonds Spartan , in a factory at Woolston, Hampshire . The design was a success with over 50 aircraft built. Following financial difficulties and investment from Whitehall Securities Corporation Ltd Simmonds Aircraft Limited changed name in 1930 to Spartan Aircraft Limited. The first aircraft from the renamed company was the Spartan Arrow a two-seat biplane of which 15 were built. The next design
18-539: 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. Two prototypes and 13 production aircraft were built at Weston, Southampton, and after 20 February 1931 at East Cowes , Isle of Wight . G-ABWP a Cirrus Hermes II powered Arrow (constructor's number 78) survives in flying condition based at Redhill Aerodrome in England . The aircraft
24-609: Was a three-seat open-cockpit biplane the Spartan Three Seater . The company ceased to build aircraft in 1935. In January 1931 Flight magazine revealed that Whitehall Securities had acquired a substantial holding in Saunders Roe Ltd. and arising out of this investment Spartan was effectively merged into Saunders Roe. Spartan Aircraft's final product was the Spartan Cruiser a three-engined light airliner developed from
30-470: Was fitted with floats and evaluated as a seaplane in 1931, it was converted back to a landplane and later sold in New Zealand , where it was renumbered as ZK-ACQ. A second aircraft, G-ABHD, was sold to Australia where it was renumbered as VH-UQD. A third aircraft, G-ACHG, was sold to Denmark where it was renumbered as OY-DUK. One aircraft G-ABST was built to test a new air-cooled Napier engine (later knowns as
36-464: Was operated by flying clubs and private individuals: Data from Saunders and Saro Aircraft since 1917 General characteristics Performance Spartan Aircraft Ltd Spartan Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1930 to 1935. It was formed by reinvestment in Simmonds Aircraft which had suffered financially. In 1928 Oliver Simmonds designed and built
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