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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936

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.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Spartan Executive 7W / 12W - СШАUSA - 1936