P-26 Peashooter

• Mar 23, 2018

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Capt. Vick said:

Must have been fun to fly.

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May have been fun to fly, but it was a hand full to land. Landing speed was faster than earlier aircraft and add the narrow stance of the undercarriage led to landing accidents. The C model had landing flaps added to alleviate some of the problems.

 

• Mar 23, 2018

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All these P-26 pics makes me wonder what a two-speed / two-stage supercharger, 3-bladed prop, one-piece wing and retractable landing gear would've done for performance (interesting note: Boeing originally designed the P-26 with retractable gear and a one piece wing, but they were such new ideas at the time, Army brass rejected them and ordered that the landing gear be fixed and a traditional two-piece wing braced by guy wires, be used.).

 

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• Mar 23, 2018

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Wildr1 said:

Wait for the P-12s and B-10s.

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Beautiful images of my second favorite airplane of that era - and you say you have pics to come of the #1 P-12? I am SO looking forward to seeing what you have to give us. Thanks!

 

• Mar 31, 2018

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• Mar 31, 2018

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• Apr 5, 2018

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More of the same

 

• Apr 5, 2018

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• Apr 5, 2018

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I remember reading in a book, perhaps Doomed at the Start, that an Air Corps pilot had a Japanese fighter in his sights while flying one of these, but couldn't find the gun arming or charging switch(?). Would have been a good story.

 

• Apr 5, 2018

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Great shots of an icon of its era.

 

• Apr 9, 2018

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More P-26's

 

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• Apr 10, 2018

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• Apr 10, 2018

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Little Norway, U.S.A.

 

• Apr 20, 2018

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• Apr 20, 2018

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Capt. Vick said:

I remember reading in a book, perhaps Doomed at the Start, that an Air Corps pilot had a Japanese fighter in his sights while flying one of these, but couldn't find the gun arming or charging switch(?). Would have been a good story.

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I think you'll find it was a Philippine pilot, Jesus Villamor.

 

• Apr 26, 2018

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I think you'll find it was a Philippine pilot, Jesus Villamor.

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Doomed from the start a great book on the early WW2 disasters in Asia,"Bloody shambles" is another good one.

 

• Apr 27, 2018

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• Apr 27, 2018

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Awesome!

 

• May 3, 2018

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• May 3, 2018

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Last vestiges of the "airplane art" that was popular during The Great War.
These seem like especially nice examples...too bad those photos aren't in colour.

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• May 3, 2018

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buffnut453 said:

I think you'll find it was a Philippine pilot, Jesus Villamor.

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Nah. Jesus claimed a kill, this Air Corp pilot never even fired. The account could be wrong, I wasn't there.