Boeing P-26 – Fotos e Vídeo

O Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" foi o primeiro avião de combate americano de produção totalmente metálico e o primeiro monoplano de perseguição a entrar em serviço de esquadrão com o Corpo Aéreo do Exército dos Estados Unidos. Projetado e construído pela Boeing, o protótipo voou pela primeira vez em 1932, e o tipo ainda estava em uso com o Corpo Aéreo do Exército dos EUA até 1941 nas Filipinas. Existem apenas dois Peashooters sobreviventes, mas há três reproduções em exibição com mais duas em construção.

Fonte: Boeing P-26 na Wiki

O 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.
O 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.