80th Anniversary Gathering of Spartan Executives

During EAA’s AirVenture 2016, eight Spartan Executives were on display in the Vintage aircraft parking area at Whitman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  Prior to this event, the largest documented number of Spartan Executives ever assembled in a single place was six.  That event occurred in 1937 at the Spartan Aircraft factory in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The following video documents the arrival of the eight Spartan Executives.

The video below shows various interior and exterior views of the eight Spartan Executives on display at AirVenture 2016.

Following are pictures of the eight aircraft that participated in this historic gathering that commerated the 80th anniversary of the first production Spartan Executive.

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The following eleven pictures were taken by Nigel Hitchman and shared by him as a public posting on his Facebook page.

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