Boeing P-26 | |
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Land | Usa |
Typ | Jaktflygplan |
Första flygningen | Den 20 mars 1932 |
Byggd | 151 |
Den Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" var det första amerikanska stridsflygplanet i allmetall och det första monoplanet som gick in i skvadrontjänst med USA:s arméflygvapen. Prototypen designades och byggdes av Boeing och flög första gången 1932, och typen användes fortfarande med den amerikanska arméns flygvapen så sent som 1941 i Filippinerna. Det finns bara två överlevande Peashooters, men det finns tre reproduktioner på utställning med ytterligare två under uppbyggnad.
Källkod: Boeing P-26 på Wiki
Boeing P-26 | |
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Fotograf | Råna brun |
Lokalisering | Unknow |
Bilder | 22 |
P-26 Peashooter går runt | |
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Fotograf | Bevilja Moulton |
Lokalisering | Unknow |
Bilder | 34 |
Boeing P-26A Peashooter | |
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Fotograf | Cees Hendriks |
Lokalisering | Unknow |
Bilder | 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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