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.
Variants
Data from: Aerofiles
D-29:initial version 85 hp Cirrus III engine, one built.
D-29A:production aircraft with 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).
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.
Operators
Specifications (D-29)
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