Spartan Arrow G-ABWP - a photo on Flickriver

            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 was fitted with floats and evaluated as a seaplane in 1931. It was converted back to a a conventional cofiguration and later sold in New Zealand.

One aircraft, G-ABST, was built to test a new air-cooled Napier engine (later known 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.

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

G-ABWP is a Cirrus Hermes II powered Arrow (constructor's number 78). It survives in flying condition and is based at Redhill Aerodrome in Surrey. - from Wikipedia

It is seen here flying at Shuttleworth as part of the Collection's 50th Anniversary Air Show.

Taken in: UK / England / Old Warden (show map)

Taken on: September 1, 2013

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/11.0, 1/200 sec, 400mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
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Aperture:	f/11.0
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