TheNew Standard Aircraft Company was anairplane manufacturing company based in theUnited States. It operated from 1927 until 1931.
The company was originally formed as theGates-Day Aircraft Company on October 17, 1927, inPaterson, New Jersey.[1] The founders wereIvan R. Gates (owner of the famous GatesFlying Circus) and Charles H. Day (an aviation engineer with theStandard Aircraft Corporation).[1][2] The company initially updated the Standard Aircraft Corporation'sStandard J-1United States Army aircraft trainer and then sold it on the civilian market.[1] The firm built a number ofbiplanes on the J-1 model, including theGates-Day D-25, GD-23, and GD-24.[1]
Day left the company in April 1928, and Charles L. Augur became its new president.[1] With more stable finances, the company changed its name to the New Standard Aircraft Company on December 29, 1928.[1][3] The company at one time considered merging with six other, unnamed aviation firms to form a much larger manufacturing concern,[4] but this plan was never acted on. The company continued to develop a large line of aircraft, but the onset of theGreat Depression left it significantly weakened.[1] Day returned to the firm as president in 1930, but sold his financial interest in the company in the spring of 1931.[1][2][5] The company went bankrupt later that year.[1]
Despondent over the collapse of his company, Gates committed suicide on November 24, 1932.[6]
- Gates-Day GD-24 – precursor to New Standard D series; three were built
- New Standard D-24 – production version of GD-24; four were built and two were converted from GD-24s
- New Standard D-25 – five-seat "joy-rider"
- New Standard D-25A – 225 hpWright J-6
- New Standard D-25B – 300 hp Wright J-6 crop-duster produced by White Aircraft Co. in 1940
- New Standard D-25C – alternative designation of D-29S
- New Standard D-25X – modified D-25; construction number 203
- New Standard NT-2[7]
- New Standard D-26 – three-seat business/executive transport
- New Standard D-26A & D-26B – D-26 with 225 hp Wright J6
- New Standard D-27 – single seat mail/cargo carrier
- New Standard D-27A – D-27 with night flying equipment
- New Standard D-28 – floatplane conversion of D-26
- New Standard D-29 – initial version 85 hpCirrus Mk3 engine, 1 built.
- New Standard D-29A – production aircraft with 100 hpKinner K-5
- New Standard NT-1 – Six New Standard D-29As supplied to theUnited States Navy as the NT-1 trainer in 1930.[8]
- New Standard D-29 Special – D-29A withMenasco B-4.
- New Standard D-29 S – Sport version with coupe cockpit (also known asD-25C).
- New Standard D-30 – floatplane modified D-25
- New Standard D-31 Special – D-29A withKinner B-5.
- New Standard D-32 Special – 3 seater D-29A withWright J-6.
- New Standard D-33 Special – 3 seater D-29A with Kinner B-5.
- ^abcdefghiPattillo, Donald M.A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation Industry. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998, pp. 12-13.
- ^abXu, Guangqiu.War Wings: The United States and Chinese Military Aviation, 1929–1949. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2001, p. 75-76.
- ^Mondey, David.The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World's Aircraft. New York: A & W Publishers, 1978, p. 237.
- ^"6 Aircraft Companies Plan $5,000,000 Fusion."New York Times. December 21, 1929.
- ^"Flying Couple Back From World Trip."New York Times. December 21, 1931.
- ^"Gates, Stunt Flier, Ends Life By Leap."New York Times. November 25, 1932.
- ^The designation NT-2 does not refer to the NT-1 version of the New Standard D-29 but to two New Standard D-25s captured from smugglers and used by theUnited States Coast Guard. See: Swanborough, Gordon and Bowers, Peter M.United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911. 2nd ed. London: Putnam, 1976, p. 456.
- ^Swanborough, Gordon and Bowers, Peter M.United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911. 2nd ed. London: Putnam, 1976, p. 456.
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