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The New Standard D-29 was 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)

References

^ ^a ^b Juptner, Joseph P. (1963). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2. Los Angeles: Aero Publishers. pp. 286 to 287.
^ Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Na - Nu". aerofiles.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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

[Juptner-1] Juptner, Joseph P. (1963). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2. Los Angeles: Aero Publishers. pp. 286 to 287.

[aerofiles-2] Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Na - Nu". aerofiles.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

[Swan_Navy_p456-3] Swanborough, Gordon; Peter M. Bowers (1976). United States Navy Aircraft since 1911 (Second ed.). London: Putnam. p. 456. ISBN 0-370-10054-9.

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