If you want to contact Bob click here. (mcgarry@kol.co.nz)

Bob would like to thank the following for their part in the rebuild of this aircraft

Aircraft Logistics Support Ltd - Many bolts etc
Allison Avionics Ltd - Instruments overhaul
Avsure - Insurance cover
Terry Young - Mobile Mechanical Services Ltd - moral support, manpower
Martin Aviation Services Ltd - Spliced control cables
Dunsmuir Engineering Ltd - Machining services
Bruce Fraser - cowlings
John Byers - moral support
Glen Bernie - cowlings Bruce Bonner - assistance & more moral support
Murray Baker - machining
Ian Henry - Prop
Thompson Aeronautical - New prop
Clive Henderson - 370 CAD drawings
Aeroplane Magazine - Data from early issues
CAA Jeremy Cook & David Gill
June McGarry, Bob's wife - lots of assistance and moral support
Wayne Sutton, moral support

Simmonds Spartan Series one three seater
( Rebuild from a crash in 1940 )

RegistrationZK-ABK
DesignerOliver Simmonds
ManufacturerSimmonds Aircraft LTD
Weston
Southampton
England
Build Date29th July 1929
Serial Number46
Production number49
SpecificationLast of 3 factory built three seaters
Regulations now allow only two seats
PurchaserNew Zealand Airways 1929
Fleet NumberONE of seven
First Flight NZapprox 18th November 1929
C of A issued18th November 1929
Disposal1936
RebuildsFOUR (Engine Failures)
Latest Test FlightOCT-08