New Standard D-29
| New Standard D-29 | |
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| A US Marine Corps NT-1 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, at Pensacola, Florida (USA) | |
| Role | Trainer |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | New Standard Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Charles Healy Day |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Number built | 30+ |
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The New Standard D-29 was a trainer aircraft produced in the USA from 1929 to 1930. It was a conventional biplane design with a fuselage constructed from duralumin members riveted and bolted together, and the wings were made with spruce spars and bass-wood and plywood built-up ribs. Deliberately built to be rugged and simple the D-29 was moderately successful, but had to compete with the Swallow TP.
Variants
- D-29 - initial version 85 hp Cirrus III engine, one built.
- D-29A - production aircraft with 100 hp Kinner K-5. Six supplied to US Navy as the NT-1 trainer in 1930.[1][2]
- D-29 Special - D-29A with Menasco B-4.
- D-29 S - Sport version with coupe cockpit (also known as D-25C).
- D-31 Special - D-29A with Kinner B-5.
- D-32 Special - three-seater D-29A with Wright J-6.
- D-33 Special - three-seater D-29A with Kinner B-5.
Operators
Specifications (D-29A)
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
- Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
- Wing area: 248 ft2 (23.1 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,097 lb (498 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,632 lb (741 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Kinner B-5, 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 88 mph (140 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 75 mph (120 km/h)
- Range: 300 miles ( km)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft ( m)
- Rate of climb: 400 ft/min ( m/s)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- ↑ Note: The US Navy designation NT-2 does not refer to a version of the D-29, but to two New Standard D-25s captured from smugglers and used by the US Coast Guard.Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p.456.
- Juptner, Joseph P. (1963). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2. Los Angeles: Aero Publishers. pp. 286 to 287.
- Swanborough, Gordon; Peter M. Bowers (1976). United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 (Second ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10054-9.
- "New Standard". Aerofiles. Retrieved 2016-12-16.
External links
Media related to New Standard D-29 at Wikimedia Commons
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