The light Simmonds Spartan aeroplane presented by the proprietors of the Evening Post to the Wellington Aero Club has arrived by the Rangitata at Auckland an I will be transhipped, probably from Wellington. to Lyttelton and Christchurch, where it will be assembled at the YVtgra-.n Aerodrome, tested, and flown up to Wellington, in time for the commencement of club flying by the end of the month or early in February. The Simmonds Spartan is a two-seater biplane, with folding wings, and fitted with dual control for tuition work. It is comparatively a newcomer among light aeroplanes, for the company was only founded in September. 1928, the first public appearance of the machine being made in the 1928 King s Cup race round England.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3958, 21 January 1930, Page 47
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