Standard E-1
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The Standard E-1 was an early American Army fighter aircraft, tested in 1917.Taylor 1989, p. 839. It was the only pursuit aircraft manufactured by the United States during World War I.[http://www.vam.smv.org/pdfs/VAMHistoricAircraft.pdf "Historical Aircraft."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728032420/http://www.vam.smv.org/pdfs/VAMHistoricAircraft.pdf |date=2011-07-28 }} Virginia Aviation Museum. Retrieved: 14 February 2011. It arrived late in World War I, and as a result saw more use in the months following the Armistice than those preceding it.United States Air Force Museum 1975, p. 11.
Design and development
Built by the Standard Aircraft Corporation, the E-1 was an open-cockpit single-place tractor biplane, powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône or 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome rotary engine.
Operational history
It proved unsuitable as a fighter, but 128 were bought as an advanced trainer.Donald 1997, p. 854. Of these, 30 were powered by the Gnome rotary engine of 100 horsepower and 98 were powered by the LeRhone C-9 rotary engine of 80 horsepower. After World War I, three were modified as RPVs.
Operators
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- United States Army Air Service
- United States Navy - 10 aircraft received from the Army (A-4218 to A-4227){{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Mark L. |title=United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010, Vol. 2 |date=2015 |page=103 |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/1910/Part1.pdf |access-date=18 June 2023}}
Survivors
- A late 1918 E-1 was on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio for over 40 years. It was placed on indefinite loan to the Museum by J. B. Petty of Gastonia, North Carolina in 1959. After Mr. Petty passed on, the aircraft was sold at auction by his estate and eventually was obtained by Kermit Weeks and is now part of the collection at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.[http://fantasyofflight.com/aircraftpages/standarde1.htm "Standard E-1."] Fantasy of Flight. Retrieved: 26 March 2012.
- A 1918 E-1 is on display at the Shannon Air Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This airframe was found at a florist shop in Dayton, Ohio in the 1950s and restored for display.P. B. Sullivan 1976, P. 2-3.
Specifications
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{{Aircraft specs
|ref=The American FighterAngelicci and Bowers 1987, p. 416.
|prime units? = imp
|crew=One pilot
|length m=5.76
|length ft=18
|length in=11
|span m=7.31
|span ft=24
|span in=0
|height m=2.38
|height ft=7
|height in=10
|wing area sqm=14.21
|wing area sqft=153
|empty weight kg=838
|empty weight lb=380
|gross weight kg=519
|gross weight lb=1,140
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Le Rhône rotary
|eng1 kw=60
|eng1 hp=80
|max speed kmh=160
|max speed mph=100
|endurance=2 hours
|ceiling m=4,510
|ceiling ft=14,800
}}
See also
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References
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;Bibliography
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- Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. {{ISBN|0-517-41021-4}}.
- Angelucci, Enzo and Peter Bowers. The American Fighter. Sparkford, UK: Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. {{ISBN|0-85429-635-2}}.
- Donald, David, ed. "Standard Aircraft." Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997. {{ISBN|0-7607-0592-5}}.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989. {{ISBN|0-517-69186-8}}.
- United States Air Force Museum Guidebook. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation, 1975.
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External links
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- [http://www.fantasyofflight.com/aircraftpages/standarde1.htm Standard E-1 in Fantasy of Flight Museum]
- [http://www.aerofiles.com/_st.html aerofiles.com]
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