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New Standard

NT-1
Trainer

Photo: Robert Deering 4/18/2015
National Museum of Naval Aviation
NAS Pensacola (NPA)
Pensacola, Florida

The New Standard Aircraft Company's D-29 was designed as a simple, rugged trainer. In 1930, the Navy purchased six of the aircraft after they had been configured to Navy specifications. The aircraft was designated NT-1. The fuselage was constructed around Duraluminum members riveted and bolted together, and spruce spars and plywood ribs were used in the wings.

Originally configured with a single cockpit, with student and instructor in tandem, high drag and pilot discomfort dictated reconfiguration to the more common two cockpit arrangement. The aircraft were assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola as trainers and to the Marines at Quantico, Virginia. They served for a comparatively short time, some described as "worn out in service," the last of the aircraft retired in 1937. In 1935, the Coast Guard acquired two similar aircraft, D-25As, seized from smugglers. Designated NT-2s they operated for several years. The New Standard Aircraft Company, however, went bankrupt in 1931

SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:

Span: 30 ft.
Length: 24 ft., 11 in.
Height: 1,632 lb.
Empty Weight: 1,097 lb.
Gross Weight:
Crew: Instructor and student Maximum speed: 88 mp
Cruising speed: 75 mph
Range: 350 miles
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft

Engines: One five cylinder Kinner B-5, 100 hp

SOURCE: National Museum of Naval Aviation