served as executive transports for military staff as the UC-71. A post-World War II effort to rekindle interest in the Executive series, under the re-branded Spartan 12-W designation, failed to gain interest. Only one Model 12 was completed, and today is part of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium collection. In August 2018 a total of 17 model 7Ws were still registered with the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States. Notable owners Notable owners of 7Ws included aircraft designer and aviator Howard Hughes, wealthy industrialist J. Paul Getty, and King Ghazi of Iraq. King Ghazi's Spartan Executive was designated "Eagle of Iraq" and was outfitted with his Coat of Arms, an extra-luxurious interior and customized features. Variants Spartan 7X Executive (also known as Standard Seven) The first prototype, fitted with a Jacobs L-5 radial engine. One built - identifiable by the very small vertical tail. Spartan 7W-P Executive Second prototype, indistinguishable from 7W. Sole example exported to China in 1937. Spartan 7W Executive Production version powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp SB radial engine. 34 built Spartan 7W-F A two-seat armed version with two fixed forward firing guns and one flexibly mounted machine gun in the rear cabin, as well as provision for 10 x 25lb bombs on wing racks. One built which was later converted to 7W Executive standard. Spartan UC-71-SP Spartan 7W Executives impressed by the US Army Air Corps. Spartan 8W Zeus Two-seat fighter version. Spartan 12W Executive Postwar tricycle gear-equipped variant. Specifications (Spartan 7W Executive) Military operators Royal Canadian Air Force Three examples based in Montreal, formerly Royal Air Force examples used in California. Chinese Nationalist Air Force The second prototype was exported to China and serialed 1309. It was damaged beyond repair and captured by the Japanese who displayed it along with other captured Chinese aircraft. Spanish Republican Air Force/Aviación Nacional At least one example was received by the LAPE (Líneas Aéreas Postales Españolas) to be used as an airliner marked as EC-AGM until requisitioned by the Spanish Republican Air Force and marked as 30+74. It was later captured by the Nationalists. Several others were purchased by the Republicans. Royal Air Force One example (AX666) was built for King Ghazi of Iraq. Used by No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF. Three examples with serials KD100, KD101 and KD102 were used in California for flight training. United States Army Air Corps/United States