The Spartan C2 is a light aircraft produced in the United States in the early 1930s as a low-cost sport machine that would sell during the Great Depression .
14-510: The C2 is a conventional, low-wing monoplane design with two seats side-by-side in an open cockpit. The wing was braced with struts and wires and it carried the main units of the divided fixed undercarriage. Power was supplied by a small radial engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose, which drove a two-bladed propeller. Spartan introduced the C2 in 1931 with a 55-hp engine, and sold 16 examples before ongoing economic circumstances brought production to
28-748: A Spartan NP-1 and an F-14 Tomcat . A small exhibition is dedicated to the story of the training of 42 technical staff members of the young Israeli Air Force , who in 1949 came to the Spartan College of Aviation and Technology in Tulsa, for a 9-month training. They were "adopted" while they were there by families of the Tulsa Jewish community. Upon completion of their training, they returned to Israel as certified aircraft mechanics. The museum's collections focus primarily on Tulsa's aviation history. The James E. Bertelsmeyer Planetarium opened at
42-522: A Stencel zero-zero ejection seat. The aircraft first flew on 15 January 1993 at Manching in Germany. The second prototype was lost in an accident on 25 July 1993. The first prototype was shipped to Rockwell in the United States but the first flight of the third prototype was delayed until 20 June 1994 for modification, the main change was the move of the speedbrakes from the upper wing surface to
56-399: A halt. Spartan then built 2 examples with 165-hp engines to use in their own flying school. These latter aircraft were fitted with hoods that could be closed over the cockpit for training pilots in instrument flying. Spartan offered this version to the U.S. military as a trainer, but officials at the time believed that low-wing monoplanes were unsuitable for pilot training. Spartan also tendered
70-701: A proposal to the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce to provide its inspectors with a two-seat light aircraft. The design in question was probably the C2-60, but in any case, the tender was not accepted. Three C2s are preserved in museums — a restored example on display at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum , a restored and flyable example at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon , and an example awaiting restoration at
84-601: The Golden Wings Flying Museum , Blaine, Minnesota . Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931, Aerofiles: Spartan General characteristics Performance Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Tulsa Air and Space Museum The Tulsa Air and Space Museum ( TASM ) is an aerospace museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma , United States. It is located in the northwest corner of
98-506: The Tulsa International Airport property. It has 19,000 square feet (1,800 m ) of historical exhibits, hands-on activities, and vintage aircraft. A full-dome planetarium was added in 2006. The museum also has educational facilities for school visits, summer camps, and Scout groups. The museum announced that it had a $ 300,000 financial shortfall in 2022 and was at risk of closure as a result. In Hangar One,
112-494: The Douglas Bomber Plant. A commercial aviation exhibit presents historic uniforms, documents, and photos from American Airlines , Trans World Airlines and other commercial carriers. American Airlines gets special attention due to the presence in Tulsa of the largest private aircraft maintenance base in the world, owned and operated by American. The space exhibit presents information on Tulsa's participation in
126-550: The Tulsa Air and Space Museum in May 2006. The planetarium uses 360-degree high definition full dome technology, and features a 50 ft diameter dome. The planetarium offers full-dome digital shows as well as traditional star shows, and hosts community events. 36°12′25″N 95°53′44″W / 36.20694°N 95.89556°W / 36.20694; -95.89556 Rockwell Ranger 2000 The Rockwell Ranger 2000
140-553: The crewed and uncrewed space programs, beginning with the first Peaceful Uses of Space Conference held in Tulsa on May 26, 1961. Oklahoma astronauts are honored, while visitors have the opportunity to operate a mockup of the Space Shuttle 's robotic arm. Present in Hangar One are several historic aircraft. Worthy of mention is one of the only surviving Spartan C-2 aircraft, one of two surviving Rockwell Ranger 2000 's,
154-649: The exhibit, along with historic documents and photographs. The Pearl Harbor survivors' exhibit presents an interactive touch-screen that allows visitors to listen to Oklahoma survivors of the Pearl Harbor attacks share their experiences of that fateful day. The World War II exhibit also highlights Tulsa's contributions to the war, with presentations on the Spartan Aircraft Company , the Spartan College of Aviation and Technology and
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#1732791450042168-492: The museum's exhibits present a chronological history of aviation in Tulsa . The Early Birds exhibit explains the beginnings of aviation in Tulsa, with a special focus on Tulsa aviation pioneer Duncan A. McIntyre . The next exhibit is highlighted by a scale replica of Tulsa's original art deco airport terminal, originally designed by Leon B. Senter . The terminal's original cast iron door frames, cornerstone, terra cotta decoration and ornate art deco sconces are presented inside
182-681: Was a jet trainer candidate for the United States Joint Primary Aircraft Training System proposed by Rockwell International with assistance from Rhein-Flugzeugbau GmbH (RFB) in Germany. The United States military issued a Request for proposal for a jet trainer for use by the United States Air Force and United States Navy . Rockwell responded with the Ranger 2000 two-seat, single engined cantilever monoplane. The design
196-519: Was based on the work of RFB, in particular the RFB Fantrainer and the prototypes were built in Germany. The Ranger 2000 was powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5C turbofan mounted in the rear fuselage and fed by two air intakes above the wing roots. It used retractable tricycle landing gear , the wing was straight and low-mounted, and the crew of two sat in tandem with the rear instructor raised to maintain visibility. Both crew had
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