New Standard D-25 Explained

The New Standard D-25 was a 5-seat agricultural and joy-riding aircraft produced in the US from 1928.

Construction

The D-25 was constructed primarily from Duralumin and wood. Duralumin stringers were used for the fuselage, with duralumin sheets riveted onto them. Unlike the fuselage, the wings were mostly of wood, with a main spar made of spruce, basswood for the stringers, and plywood for reinforcement, along with fabric coverings for the wing area and control surfaces. The D series was quite distinctive in having sesquiplane wings with the upper wing, of much bigger span and chord, supported on tall cabane and interplane struts.

Operational use

Seating for four passengers was provided in the open front cockpit, described as "chummy", with the pilot in the single seat open rear cockpit. Variations in seating arrangement reflected the role of the different variants. The rugged structure gave the New Standard Ds a long-life, leading to the respectable number that survived the abuse of joy-riding, mail carrying and crop dusting for many years.

Two D-25As that had been confiscated from smugglers were acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1935, designated NT-2.^[1]

Variants

• Gates-Day GD-24 - precursor to New Standard D series 3 built.
• New Standard D-24 - production version of GD-24 4 built + 2 converted from GD-24.
• New Standard D-25 - 5-seat "joy-rider"
  • New Standard D-25A - 225 hp Wright J-6
  • New Standard D-25B - 300 hp Wright J-6 crop-duster produced by White Aircraft Co. 1940
  • New Standard D-25C - alternative designation of D-29S
  • New Standard D-25X - modified D-25 construction number 203.
  • New Standard NT-2 - 2 x D-25 impounded from whiskey smugglers, donated to US Coast Guard.
• New Standard D-26 - 3-seat business/executive transport.
  • New Standard D-26A & D-26B - D-26 with 225 hp Wright J-6.
• 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-30 - floatplane modified D-25
• New Standard D-25 - New production of modified D-25As

Operators

• Alaskan Airways (D-25)^[2]
• Clifford Ball Inc. (D-27)^[3]
• Goodfolk & O'Tymes Biplane Rides (D-25)^[4]
• Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (2 D-25s, N176H active,^[5] N19157 undergoing restoration^[6]
• United States Coast Guard

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Book: Juptner, Joseph P. . U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2 . 1964 . Aero Publishers. Los Angeles . 25 to 32 .
• Levy. Howard. Rhinebeck's Joyrider. Aeroplane Monthly. August 1989. 17. 8. 486–489.
• Book: Swanborough, Gordon. Peter M. Bowers . United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. Putnam. London. 1976. Second. 0-370-10054-9.
• Web site: New Standard . Aerofiles . --.
• Web site: New Standard D-25 . Holcomb's Aerodrome . --.

External links

• Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's N176H New Standard D-25 page (current ride aircraft in 2021)
• Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's N19157 New Standard D-25 page (aircraft under restoration in 2021)

Notes and References

1. Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p.456.
2. Web site: Waldo Wright's Newsletter Fourth Quarter 2007, Volume 2, Number 4, Robert G. Lock: Early Aviators Part 3 - Where did the airplanes go after the barnstorming?. waldowrights.com. 17 June 2018.
3. Web site: Clifford Ball (Airlines), New Standard D-27, NC9122 (c/n 114). edcoatescollection.com. 17 June 2018.
4. Web site: Home. Goodfolk & O'Tymes Biplane Rides. 17 June 2018.
5. Web site: New Standard D-25 . . oldrhinebeck.org . February 24, 2021 . Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum . June 13, 2021.
6. Web site: New Standard D-25 . . oldrhinebeck.org . February 24, 2021 . Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum . June 13, 2021.