Standard Aircraft Corporation

Standard Aircraft Corporation was a American aircraft manufacturer, founded in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1916

Standard Aircraft anticipated American entry into World War One, despite an expressed policy of isolationism. The same year it was founded, Standard Aircraft became a very early supplier of aircraft to the U.S. Army Signal Corps (perhaps fifth or sixth ever). [Donald, David, ed. "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft" (Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero, 1997), p.854, "Standard aircraft".]

The corporation supplied the Standard H-2 and H-3 to the Army, and the float-equipped H-4H to the Navy.

A more significant type was the "J series" trainer, similar to the Curtiss JN-4, which began with the SJ prototype, followed by the production J-1 (or SJ-1), of which some 800 were built. [Donald, p.854, "Standard aircraft".] They were badly hampered by the choice of engine, and attempts to cure the problems with subsequent designs were not successful. Only handfuls of JRs and JR-1Bs were built; some were also purchased by the Post Office. [Donald, p.854, "Standard aircraft".]

Standard's last type was the E-1. Intended as a fighter, 100 served as advanced trainers, [Donald, p.854, "Standard aircraft".] about half with a provision for fitting machineguns, as the M-Defense. [Donald, p.854, "Standard aircraft".]

In 1918 the coorporation had a factory near the Elizabeth and Linden boundary.cite news|title=Home Guards rushed to airplane works|work=New York Times|date=1918-02-02|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E04E7DB103FE433A25751C0A9649C946996D6CF
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Designer Charles Healy Day later teamed with barnstormer/showman Ivan Gates to design and build aircraft specifically for barnstorming. These were the Gates-Day D-24 and (after renaming the company) the New Standard D-25.

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* Donald, David, ed. "Encyclopedia of World Aircraft", p.854, "Standard aircraft". Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997.

External links

* [http://vam.smv.org/Aircraft/military.asp#Standard A 1918 Standard Aircraft Corporation Standard E-1 advanced trainer at Virginia Aviation Museum]
* [http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/New%20Standard%20D-25.asp New Standard D-25]