1929 New Standard D25 from the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome to the Hudson River

The classic 1929 New Standard D25 seats up to four passengers, but we were on our own with the pilot, Bill Gordon, for this flight during the fall foliage season along the Hudson River Valley. As the Barnstormer of yesterday used to say, - "We'll take you high or low, fast or slow, anywhere you care to go. It's worth the ride just to see whether you like it or not! Fly over your house to see who is visiting your wife. Special one-way trips for mothers-in-law. Our pilot will set you down so softly that even the grass won't object." According to Wikipedia... The New Standard D-25 was a 5-seat agricultural and joy-riding aircraft produced in the USA from 1928. The D-25 was constructed from Duralumin angles channels and tees bolted and rivetted together for the fuselage and Spruce spars with bass wood and plywood built-up ribs, all fabric covered. 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. 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 off smugglers were acquired by the US ...

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YouTube | September 30, 2011

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