P-26A Peashooter

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P-26A SHOOTER

It was the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. 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 two surviving Peashooters, but there are three reproductions on display with two more under construction.

VNAME	TYPE OF AIRCRAFT	SERIAL NUMBER	NAME OF MUSEUM	CITY	STATE
P-26-PEASHOOTER	P-26A-PEASHOOTER	33-123	PLANES OF FAME	CHINO	CA
P-26 PEASHOOTER	P-26C/N	33-135	SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM	CHANTILLY	VIRGINIA
P-26A PEASHOOTER	P-26A PEASHOOTER	33-0039	WRIGHT PATTERSON	DAYTON	OHIO

NAME	HISTORY	TYPE OF AIRCRAFT ( REPLICAS)	NAME OF MUSEUM	CITY	STATE
P-26-PEASHOOTER	It is painted as the commander’s aircraft of the 19th PS / 18th PG, stationed at Wheeler Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, in 1938.	P-26A-PEASHOOTER	WRIGHT PATTERSON AIRFORCE MUSEUM	DAYTON	OHIO
P-26 PEASHOOTER	It has made a reproduction of an early model to Boeing’s plans with the original design’s “streamlined tailwheel” and without flaps and the crossover exhaust that were later additions.	P-26A-PEASHOOTER	SAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM	WASHINGTON DC	WASHINGTON DC
P-26 PEASHOOTER	It completed the final assembly in September 2006, and it went on display in June, 2011 after nearly 12 years of construction. Retrieved: 17 March 2007.	P-26D	MILITARY AVIATION MUSEUM	VIRGINIA BEACH	VIRGINIA

SPECIFICATIONS	DESCRIPTION
STATUS	FLYABLE
MANUFACTURER	BOEING
YEAR	1934
MODEL	P-26A PEASHOOTER
CREW	1
MAX T/O WEIGHT	3,360
SPAN	27 FT 11 IN
LENGTH	23 FT 11 IN
HEIGHT	10 FT 2 IN
MAXIMUM SPEED	234 MPH
CRUISE SPEED	199 MPH
RATE OF CLIMB	719FT/MIN
POWERPLANT	ONE 600HP PRATT & WHITNEY R1340 WASP 9 CLYINDER AIR COOLED RADIAL
RANGE	360 MILES
SERVICE CEILING	27,400 FT
ARMAMENT	TWO SYNCHRONIZED 0.30 CAL MACHINE GUNS & 2 BOMBS