Standard J-1 by debbielove
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As we wonder on taking in the tour...
cranking our necks upwards, hanging from the (very) high ceiling are these two. I'm focusing on the rarer Standard J-1. (Behind is a Jenny.)
The Standard was built at the same time to be used as well for training but had an extremely unreliable engine, the Curtiss OXX-6. Yep, not heard of it have you. It was also very difficult to fly. so the Army (Air Force), cancelled 2,000 aircraft!!! Must have been bad...
Needless to say its much harder to find now.
(you might like to know, I've photo shopped or sorted 50 shots! Out of over 2,000 taken... Mmmmm? May take a while this. lol
Enjoy
Rob
Comments (4)
chuter
Outstanding picture of the two aircraft (and the Morse and Dr1). The Standard J1 was to supplement the JN4 so the Standard's problems weren't too big of a blow. The problem was actually the rather fire prone Hall-Scott A-7a engines installed at the factory. After the war the Army sold the Standards for pennies and Curtiss bought as many as they could get their hands on and re-engined them with their OXX-6 which was a larger, dual ignition version of the OX-5 used in the JN4 and arguably even more reliable. I would guess that every Standard J1 alive today owes its survival to the Curtiss re-engine project. On the other hand I hear there are still a literal handful of A-7 engines powering some Edwardian era race cars somewhere in the UK these days.
taliesin86001
2000 shots hmm? ...Slacker!!! lol Keep 'em coming Rob!
Buffalo1
Great shot of cool WWI era planes. Didn't know much about the Standard, so thanks to you, Rob and Chuter. I met an old timer who took his first plane ride in a Standard as a teenager in the 1920's.
tallpindo
The mention of Hall-Scott brings up a conversation with Will Day the Douglas program manger for the Aeromedical DC-9 proposal in which he referred to the Hall-Scott engines in the crash boats he worked with in the Pacific in WW-II. Later looks online led to the Hall-Scott sixes used in LCVPs (and built by Hudson in WW-II) that might have been in the LCVP driven by my uncle in the Pacific off Mexico where he became stranded when his LST beached on coral. Or--it could be referral to the engines in early cab overs I saw operating way past diesel speeds in Montana in the 50's.