Aircraft Photo of G-ABTY | Spartan Cruiser I

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-ABTY
Aircraft Original Type:	Spartan Cruiser
Aircraft Generic Type:	Spartan Cruiser
Aircraft Version:	Spartan Cruiser I
C/n (msn):	24M

Location
Location:	Not known
Country:	Not known

Photo Date:	1 May 1932 to 11 May 1935
Photo from:	Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID:	616058

Photo Comment
The sole Cruiser I, first flown in May 1932. Original designation 24M (Metal), as the wooden construction of the earlier Mailplane, G-ABLI, was changed to metal. The registered construction number makes no sense and should probably be 24M/1. Aircraft made European sales tour in October 1932. Used by Spartan Air Lines, Isle of Wight from April 1933. Sold to Commercial Air Hire, Croydon Airport, early in 1935. Ditched in The Channel on 11 May 1935 carrying a cargo of newspapers from Paris. Photo from: Dan Shumaker collection This photo was added on 1 November 2023, and has since been viewed 315 times.

Photo Comment

The sole Cruiser I, first flown in May 1932. Original designation 24M (Metal), as the wooden construction of the earlier Mailplane, G-ABLI, was changed to metal. The registered construction number makes no sense and should probably be 24M/1. Aircraft made European sales tour in October 1932. Used by Spartan Air Lines, Isle of Wight from April 1933. Sold to Commercial Air Hire, Croydon Airport, early in 1935. Ditched in The Channel on 11 May 1935 carrying a cargo of newspapers from Paris. Photo from: Dan Shumaker collection

This photo was added on 1 November 2023, and has since been viewed 315 times.

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