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Simmonds Aircraft Limited changed name in 1930 to Spartan Aircraft Limited.
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48:The last surviving Spartan aircraft, an
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1199:Rollason Aircraft and Engines
950:Aeronautical Technical School
855:William Beardmore and Company
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261:"Simmonds-Spartan Production"
218:– first flight 1931, 25 built
212:– first flight 1930, 15 built
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895:British Aircraft Corporation
820:Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
52:, still airworthy as of 2016
597:British Airways Engineering
547:Surrey Satellite Technology
360:Simmonds/Spartan production
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1037:General Electric Company
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910:Central Aircraft Company
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880:British Aerial Transport
780:Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes
400:Spartan Aircraft Limited
136:Spartan Aircraft Limited
37:Spartan Aircraft Limited
29:Spartan Aircraft Company
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1022:Foster, Wikner Aircraft
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334:Jackson, A.J. (1974).
72:Aircraft manufacturing
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1007:Fane Aircraft Company
870:Boulton Paul Aircraft
629:Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
554:Babcock International
312:Jackson, 1974, p. 180
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835:Austin Motor Company
800:The Airscrew Company
216:Spartan Three Seater
175:Spartan Three Seater
164:Whitehall Securities
18:Spartan Aircraft Ltd
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987:Elliotts of Newbury
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649:GE Aviation Systems
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158:, in a factory at
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885:British Aerospace
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977:ED Abbott
537:Airbus UK
513:Companies
92:, UK 1930
1373:Category
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810:Airspeed
719:Selex ES
669:IRVIN-GQ
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271:11 April
235:See also
199:Aircraft
185:magazine
150:In 1928
126:Products
68:Industry
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997:Euravia
768:Defunct
729:Skyrora
694:Qinetiq
689:Meggitt
579:MBDA UK
520:Current
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415:Spartan
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146:History
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