P-26A Peashooter

NAMEDESCRIPTION
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.

VNAMETYPE OF AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUMBERNAME OF MUSEUMCITYSTATE
P-26-PEASHOOTERP-26A-PEASHOOTER33-123PLANES OF FAMECHINOCA
P-26 PEASHOOTERP-26C/N 33-135 SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUMCHANTILLYVIRGINIA
P-26A PEASHOOTERP-26A PEASHOOTER33-0039WRIGHT PATTERSONDAYTONOHIO
NAMEHISTORYTYPE OF AIRCRAFT ( REPLICAS)NAME OF MUSEUMCITYSTATE
P-26-PEASHOOTERIt 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-PEASHOOTERWRIGHT PATTERSON AIRFORCE MUSEUMDAYTONOHIO
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-PEASHOOTERSAN DIEGO AIR AND SPACE MUSEUMWASHINGTON DCWASHINGTON 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-26DMILITARY AVIATION MUSEUMVIRGINIA BEACHVIRGINIA
SPECIFICATIONSDESCRIPTION
STATUSFLYABLE
MANUFACTURERBOEING
YEAR1934
MODELP-26A PEASHOOTER
CREW1
MAX T/O WEIGHT3,360
SPAN27 FT 11 IN
LENGTH23 FT 11 IN
HEIGHT10 FT 2 IN
MAXIMUM SPEED234 MPH
CRUISE SPEED199 MPH
RATE OF CLIMB719FT/MIN
POWERPLANTONE 600HP PRATT & WHITNEY R1340 WASP 9 CLYINDER AIR COOLED RADIAL
RANGE360 MILES
SERVICE CEILING27,400 FT
ARMAMENTTWO SYNCHRONIZED 0.30 CAL MACHINE GUNS & 2 BOMBS