Since it is Independence Day in the United States I think a post on an American built aircraft is in order. Though the United States entered the war late America aircraft designers were developing military aircraft which could have effected the war f it had continued into 1919.
The Standard E-1 was an early American Army fighter aircraft, tested in 1917. It arrived late in World War I, and as a result saw more use in the months following the Armistice than those preceding it.
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 or rotary engine. It proved unsuitable as a fighter, but 128 were bought as an advanced trainer. Of these, 30 were powered by the Gnone 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.
References
- Standard E-1. (2010, May 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 04:12, July 2, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard_E-1&oldid=360038444
- Standard E-1 The-Blueprints.com Retrieved from http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/ww1planes/ww1-various/31403/view/standard_e-1/
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 839.
- Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
, p. 854, "Standard aircraft". Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997.
- United States Air Force Museum. Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio: Air Force Museum Foundation. 1975, p. 11.
- aerofiles.com
2 comments:
Very clean lines, I like it.
I agree Fran, I wonder how it would have performed if it had been fitted with a different engine. By the time it was built rotary engines were on their way out. I guess it was a cost cutting measure.
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