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Old July 1st 16, 12:15 AM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.aviation
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-26_Peashooter

The Boeing P-26 Peashooter was the first American all-metal production fighter
aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the
United States Army Air Corps.[N 1] Designed and built by Boeing; the prototype
first flew in 1932, and the type was still in use with the U.S. Army Air Corps
as late as 1941 in the Philippines. There are only two surviving Peashooters,
but there are three reproductions on exhibit with two more under construction.

The diminutive "Peashooter", as it was affectionately known by service pilots,
was faster than previous American combat aircraft. Nonetheless, rapid progress
in aviation led to it quickly becoming an anachronism, with wire-braced wings,
fixed landing gear and open cockpit. The stressed-skin cantilever wing Dewoitine
D.500 flew the same year as the P-26 and two years afterwards the Soviet I-16
was flying with retractable landing gear. By 1935, just three years after the
P-26, the Curtiss P-36, Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Hawker Hurricane were all
flying with enclosed cockpits, retractable landing gear and cantilever wings.
However, the P-26 was easy to fly, and would remain in service until the U.S.
entered World War II.

Specifications (P-26A)

General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 23 ft 7 in (7.18 m)
Wingspan: 28 ft (8.50 m)
Height: 10 ft 0 in (3.04 m)
Empty weight: 2,196 lb (996 kg)
Loaded weight: 3,360 lb (1,524 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1340-27 "Wasp" radial engine, 600 hp (440 kW)

Performance
Maximum speed: 234 mph (203 knots, 377 km/h) at 6,000 ft (1,800 m)
Combat radius: 360 mi (310 nmi, 580 km)
Ferry range: 635 mi (550 nmi, 1,020 km)
Service ceiling: 27,400 ft (8,350 m)
Rate of climb: 719 ft/min (3.65 m/s)

Armament

Guns: 2 × .30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine guns or 1 x .30 (7.6mm) and 1
x .50 (12.5mm) caliber machine guns
Bombs: 2 × 100 lb (45 kg) GP bombs or 5 x 31 lb (14 kg) anti-personnel bombs





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