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Photo: Robert Deering 1985
National Museum of the USAF
Wright-Patterson AFB (FFO)
Dayton, Ohio
The Standard E-1 was an early American Army fighter aircraft, tested in 1917.  It was the only pursuit aircraft manufactured by the United States during World War I.  It arrived late in World War I, and as a result saw more use in the months following the Armistice than those preceding it.

A late 1918 E-1 was on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio for over 40 years. It was placed on indefinite loan to the Museum by J. B. Petty of Gastonia, North Carolina in 1959.  After Mr. Petty passed on, the aircraft was sold at auction by his estate and eventually was obtained by Kermit Weeks and is now part of the collection at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
SPECIFICATIONS: PERFORMANCE:
Span: 24 ft 0 in (7.31 m)
Length:  18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Height:  7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
Empty Weight:  368 lb (811 kg)
Gross Weight:  1,140 lb (520 kg)
Crew: One pilot		 Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h)
Cruising speed:
Range: 180 miles (290 km)
Service ceiling: 14,500 ft (4,420 m)
Engines: 1 × Le Rhône rotary, 80 hp (60 kW)
Armament:
   
SOURCE: Wikipedia