{"id":270,"date":"2013-09-16T14:44:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/?page_id=270"},"modified":"2013-09-16T17:34:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T21:34:56","slug":"1917-standard-j-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fantasyofflight.com\/collection\/aircraft\/currently-not-showing-in-museum\/wwi\/1917-standard-j-1\/","title":{"rendered":"1917 Standard J-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Standard J-1 was designed by Charles Day, who also designed the famous Curtiss Jenny. When the United States entered the first World War in 1917, Standards were built to supplement Curtiss Jennys for training pilots. Most of the aircraft produced were underpowered with 4-cylinder Hall-Scott or 90 hp Curtiss OX-5 engines. By war\u2019s end more than 1,600 Standard J-1s were produced.<\/p>\n

After the war, many J-1s were converted to the more powerful 150 hp \u201cHisso\u201d engine and were used for barnstorming, joy-riding, and mail service. Because aviation was not regulated, it was only a matter of time before the accident rate began to rise. Largely due to poor maintenance and the deterioration of surplus World War I aircraft, the Air Commerce Act of 1926 was passed. Part of the new act included the stipulation that \u201c[a]ll passenger carrying aircraft could not be built of wood, and those already made would be condemned.\u201d This effectively ended the Barnstorming Era and destroyed all but the 34 remaining Standard J-1s.<\/p>\n

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