Boeing P-26 | |
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Land | Usa |
Type | Forfølgelsesfly |
Første flyvning | 20. marts 1932 |
Bygget | 151 |
Den Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" var det første amerikanske all-metal produktion jagerfly og den første forfølgelse monoplan til at indgå eskadrille tjeneste med United States Army Air Corps. Designet og bygget af Boeing, prototypen fløj første gang i 1932, og typen var stadig i brug med US Army Air Corps så sent som i 1941 i Filippinerne. Der er kun to overlevende Peashooters, men der er tre reproduktioner på udstilling med to mere under opførelse.
Kilde: Boeing P-26 på Wiki
Boeing P-26 | |
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Fotograf | Rob Brown |
Lokalisering | Unknow |
Billeder | 22 |
P-26 Peashooter gå rundt | |
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Fotograf | Grant Moulton |
Lokalisering | Unknow |
Billeder | 34 |
Boeing P-26A Peashooter | |
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Fotograf | Cees Hendriks |
Lokalisering | Unknow |
Billeder | 42 |
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The Boeing P-26 was a single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft that entered service with the United States Army Air Corps in 1933. It was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the Air Corps. The P-26 was also known as the “Peashooter” because of its small size and slender fuselage.
The P-26 had a low-wing cantilever design with a fixed landing gear and an open cockpit. It was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine that produced 500 horsepower. The P-26 had a maximum speed of 234 miles per hour and a range of 360 miles. It was armed with two 0.30-inch machine guns mounted in the nose.
The P-26 was used by several countries besides the United States, including China, Panama, Guatemala and the Philippines. The P-26 saw combat in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Spanish Civil War and the Pacific War. The P-26 was gradually replaced by more advanced fighters such as the Curtiss P-36 and the Seversky P-35 in the late 1930s. The last P-26s were retired from service in 1945.
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