YU-SAP  Spartan/Zmaj Cruiser II                                  (c/n  1)

                                

                                      In 1935 the Zmaj Aircraft Company in Belgrade received a licence to build the Spartan
                                     Cruiser II.          In the event, only one was built, YU-SAP, seen above, and which was
                                     delivered to Aeroput in May of that year. It was named "Nis". On 15 July 1936, whilst
                                     flying Flight 627 Ljubljana-(Zagreb)-Susak (Rijeka) and shortly after takeoff from Zagreb,
                                     control was lost in foggy conditions and the aircraft crashed in a wheat field located in
                                     Hrušćica, a few km from the airport  All seven occupants were killed.  The exact cause
                                     was unknown.  Probably pilot disorientation. 

               

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