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brought out. The first one, called the GD-24, was a large 5-place open cockpit biplane with a Hispano-Suiza engine, designed for passenger work and mail service. This plane, announced in July, 1928, was followed by some smaller 2-place biplanes for training and sport, using Kinner or Cirrus engines. 

In 1929 the firm name was changed to New Standard Aircraft Corporation, still located in Paterson, New Jersey, and their line of open biplanes for both land and water was continued. Day remained there until the end of 1930 when he retired from the firm and decided to take an extended vacation. 

Day wanted to take a flying vacation. He and Mrs. Day first considered a possible trip around the United States, but after further discussion they decided to make it a world tour. As a result he designed and built a new non-stall, non-spin machine especially for the trip. It was a pronounced stagger, open cockpit biplane with side-by-side seating, with 2-wheel landing gear and powered by a 4-cylinder inverted 125 h.p. Menasco engine. Called the "Errant," it was built in the rear room of an automobile paint shop in Paterson, New Jersey, and flight tested at Teterboro Airport.

The Days and the "Errant" sailed from New York on May 8, 1931, for England where the plane was assembled at Hendon Airdrome. They started the flying part of their tour from there on May 28th and proceeded by way of Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Bucharest and Istanbul to the Holy Land. From there they flew on to Baghdad, Bushire and Karachi arriving there on July 26th; then to Calcutta, Akyab, Sandoway, Rangoon, Bangkok and Hanoi, arriving on September 27th. From Hanoi they flew to Hong Kong and Shanghai where, on October 17th, they shipped the "Errant" to San Francisco. On this long expedition they had made numerous sightseeing rest stops along the way, had been delayed by monsoon rains, and had one forced landing when a ruptured oil radiator caused an engine seizure.

After stopping in Japan the Days reached the United States about November 15th. They left San Francisco on November 27th and arrived at the Newark Airport on December 20th, completing their round-the-world flight except for the two oceans.

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