- Standard SJ
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The Standard SJ was an early American Army trainer, introduced in 1916.
Built by the
Standard Aircraft Corporation , and intended to work with the Curtiss JN-4, the SJ was an open-cockpit tractorbiplane , powered by a 100 hp (75 kW)Hall-Scott inline engine. It was followed by the J-1 (or SJ-1), which were only slightly different.Like the
Standard H-2 , H-3, and H-4H, the SJs were hampered by the poor Hall-Scott engines. Despite this, some 800 SJs and SJ-1s were built in all.Due to the engine troubles, Standard produced the "JR, which was very similar to the SJ, but fitted with a 175 hp (130 kW) Wright-Hispano engine; the Army bought only six, as advanced trainers. Additional changes were made, including a new tail, equal-span wings, and a 175 hp (130 kW) Hall-Scott, leading to the JR-1B"'; the Army bought six, and the Post Office several.
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*United States Postal Service
*United States Army Air Service pecifications (SJ)
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bombs=References
* Donald, David, ed. "Encyclopedia of World Aircraft", p.854, "Standard aircraft". Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997.
ee also
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List of military aircraft of the United States
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