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Sully · **Posted:** Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:06 pm

That would make a great web page.

Sully

Mark Nankivil · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:13 am

Excellent info and pics - first I had seen of the Zeus - thanks!

Enjoy the Day! Mark

Airplanejunkie · **Posted:** Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:33 pm

Another Spartan

Taken at Merritt Field, Eagles Mere, PA last summer

Steve
(also lets me try posting a pic

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wacoykc · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:05 am

Which one is in the EAA Collection at Pioneer Field? Din't that one say Mr. Mennen?

tulsaboy · **Posted:** Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:21 am

The EAA's is painted as Mrs. Mennan, and was donated by George Mennan, but it was painted in those colors as an homage to the original Mrs. Mennan, which is s/n 34 and is now owned by George's grandson. He has an excellent web page on that aircraft at:

www.spartanexecutive.com

kevin

C170BDan · **Posted:** Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:46 am

Work several hours over the last week to get my info and pictures together... the updated Spartan Executive web page is now up. Follow the links from my main page or the link below. NOTE - the page is now at a new URL so book mark the new one.

http://flytoanothertime.com/spartan/spa ... utive.html

JBSavage · **Posted:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:34 pm

There is a nice write-up and two-page picture of 1937 Spartan Executive N-20200, S/N 11 in the January, 2009 edition of The Robb Report.

tulsaboy · **Posted:** Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:45 am

Thanks for the heads up!

kevin

C170BDan · **Posted:** Wed Jan 14, 2009 5:53 pm

JBSavage wrote:

There is a nice write-up and two-page picture of 1937 Spartan Executive N-20200, S/N 11 in the January, 2009 edition of The Robb Report.

NICE two page spread. A polished airplane even looks good on a cloudy day!

Barnstormer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:51 pm

C170BDan wrote:

A polished airplane even looks good on a cloudy day!

As long as somebody else does the polishing...!

Canso42 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:44 pm

Thanks TulsaBoy!

marine air · **Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:33 am

thanks for psoting, I learned something from those. Mrs Mennen was the "wife's" airplane and Mr. Mennen was a P-51D, IIRC. Those fabric covered Spartans look like pretty like good designs. Wonder how they flew?

wacoykc · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:46 pm

They fly as good as they look!

tulsaboy · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:53 pm

wacoykc,

Have you flown a C-3 or C-2? There's not many of them around, and very few folks have had the opportunity to fly one. Would love to hear your thoughts/opinions on the subject if you have. We purchased the NP-1 from a fellow Wixer, and he might chime in on how it flies. The gear on the NP-1 bowleggs in while it's in flight, so on landing my understanding is that it wants to wiggle around for a bit while it gets its legs all settled. Can make landings a bit dicey on concrete, much nicer on grass. The guys at Hood River can probably offer an opinion on how their C-2 flies. It's the only one flying currently, with one static and two under restoration.

Would love to find a C-4 or C-5, or in the alternative hear from someone who has flown one. Don't know of one flying in the last 40-50 years.

kevin

wacoykc · **Posted:** Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:02 pm

Nope...never been in a C-2 or C-3. I know Ed Wegner has been flying his C-3 for almost 40 years and it seems to perform pretty well. Nice wide gear. The only C-2 I was familiar with was the 3-cylinder Jacobs powered one that Dick Jackson owned. I guess they fly fine and are easy on the ground....it is just waiting for the engine to blow apart that is disconcerting.

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