New Standard D-29

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 is a trainer aircraft produced in the US 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. ^[1]

Variants

Data from: Aerofiles ^[2]

D-29

initial version 85 hp Cirrus III engine, one built.

D-29A

production aircraft with 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5. Six supplied to US Navy as the NT-1 trainer in 1930.(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). ^[3]

D-29 Special

D-29A with Menasco B-4.

D-29S – 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.

NT-1

Six D-29A trainers supplied to the US Navy. ^[3]

Operators

  United States

• United States Navy

Specifications (D-29A)

Data from U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2 ^[1]

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 sq ft (23.0 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,097 lb (498 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,632 lb (740 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Kinner B-5 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 88 mph (142 km/h, 76 kn)
• Cruise speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
• Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
• Rate of climb: 400 ft/min (2.0 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Swallow TP

References

1. Juptner, Joseph P. (1963). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2. Los Angeles: Aero Publishers. pp. 286 to 287.
2. Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Na - Nu". aerofiles.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
3. Swanborough, Gordon; Peter M. Bowers (1976). United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 (Second ed.). London: Putnam. p. 456. ISBN   0-370-10054-9.

External links

Media related to New Standard D-29 at Wikimedia Commons