Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Spartan 7W Executive / 8W Zeus / 12W Executive
    Latest Model:UC-71 Executive
    Last Military Serial:42-38367 USAAF
    Construction Number:21
    Last Civil Registration:N17633
    Compressed ID:Spartan UC-71 sn 42-38367 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bergh Apton NFLK

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    1939

    Constructed as a 7W.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC17633.

    Circa April 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-38367 as a C-71.

    January 1943

    Redesignated as UC-71.

    Circa 1943


    Photographer: USAF

    1944

    To unknown owner with c/r NC17633.

    22 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N17633 (7W, 21) issued.

    13 January 1964

    To Darden Colgate W III, Lexington, SC with new c/r N17633.

    17 June 1998

    To Darden Colgate W III, Lexington, SC keeping c/r N17633.

    25 July 2007

    To Aircraft Preservation Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N17633.

    Markings Applied: NC17633
    Vertical on tail.

    21 July 2012


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: Spartan 7W Executive NC17633, registered to Aircraft Preservation Inc., a visitor leaving after the Shuttleworth Evening Airshow

    13 July 2014


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Spartan Executive - seen at Royal International Air Fairford July 2014

    28 May 2020

    To Aircraft Preservation Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N17633.

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: Spies and Intrigue Evening Airshow, Old Warden

    25 October 2022

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bergh Apton NFLK keeping c/r N17633.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    Internet Sources
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Nigel Roling
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=58042][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Spartan UC-71 Executive, s/n 42-38367 USAAF, c/n 21, c/r N17633[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=58042
    Copyright 1993-2025 www.m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.