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| Keywords: New Standard NT-1 Naval Aviation Museum.jpg The museum's NT-1 aircraft is a D-29 that was originally acquired by Mr William T Wilson of San Antonio Texas during the 1950s at a cost of just 135 It was in non-flying condition and other than some minor woodwork Wilson did nothing with the aircraft and sold it to Bob Weller of San Antonio during the late 1950s Eventually purchased by George Dray of Rohnert Park California the aircraft was acquired by the museum in 1983 It is painted in the markings of NT-1 Bureau Number A-8558 which was the last of six NT-1s delivered to the Navy in 1930 It served at Naval Air Station NAS Pensacola Florida and Quantico Virginia before being stricken in 1937 with the note in its history card Absolute worn out in service Strike plane As the Navy entered the decade of the 1930s it sought new aircraft to incorporate in the training of naval aviators Among those chosen for procurement was the New Standard D-29 which featured a unique cockpit design in which the instructor and student sat side-by-side in what resembled a bathtub The Navy procured six examples of the aircraft designating them NT-1s However their careers were short-lived after training flights revealed the cockpit arrangement to be by unwieldy It also created increased drag reducing the overall performance of the aircraft U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No 1983 067 001 http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16010216 QueryPage 2FQuery php 1983 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy New Standard D-29 Aircraft at National Museum of Naval Aviation | ||||
