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what is it?
The Standard J is a two-seat basic trainer two-bay biplane produced in the United States from 1916 to 1918, powered by a four-cylinder inline Hall-Scott A-7a engine. It was constructed from wood with wire bracing and fabric covering. The J-1 was built as a stopgap to supplement the Curtiss JN-4 in production.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 110 years ago, in 1916.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916
- number built
- 1,600
- role
- trainer
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Standard Aircraft Corporation
- engines
- 1× Hall-Scott A-7
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.1 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 885 kg
- top speed
- 109 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3968143, Wikipedia: Standard J (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.