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New Standard D-29 
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+ 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 rivetted 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 85hp Cirrus Mk3 engine, 1 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 - 3 seater D-29A with Wright J-6.
- D-33 Special - 3 seater D-29A with Kinner B-5.
Operators
Specifications (D-29A)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- 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
- Swallow TP
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. http://aerofiles.com/_n.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
USN/USMC trainer aircraft designations 1922-1948 Boeing NB • N2B
Curtiss (NC not assigned) • N2C
Piper Huff-Daland Howard North American Keystone Langley Martin (NM not assigned) • N2M
Naval Aircraft Factory Spartan NP
Fairchild Ryan Stearman New Standard NT
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- D-29 - initial version 85hp Cirrus Mk3 engine, 1 built.
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