The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" is 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 ...

The P-26 was the last fighter aircraft series built by Boeing until recent times. They would concentrate their efforts on the production of larger aircraft which would include famous aircraft such as the B-17 Flying Fortress and a stream of jetliners starting with the Boeing 707 airliner.

2025年1月10日 · Looking like something from a carnival ride or perhaps a 1930’s sport roadster, with its thick tapering fuselage, large radial engine, distinctive humpback, and unusually bright and colorful paint...

Boeing P-26A Peashooter, 17th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group flying from Selfridge Field, Michigan, 1939. The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" is the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air …

2017年8月22日 · Boeing’s P-26 Peashooter represented a technological milestone in the history of American air power, brief though its moment in history was. Hailed as the world’s fastest radial-engine fighter when it entered service, it was quickly rendered obsolete by the very changes that it …

Known affectionately as the "Peashooter," the Boeing P-26 fighter was a turning point in military aircraft design. It introduced the concept of the high performance, all-metal monoplane fighter.

DAYTON, Ohio -- Boeing P-26A at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo) The P-26A marked a significant step in the evolution of fighter aircraft -- it became the U.S. Army Air Corps' first all-metal monoplane fighter in regular service.

2019年8月16日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Boeing P-26 Peashooter Monoplane Fighter Aircraft including pictures.

The Boeing P-26 Peashooter was the first American all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps.[N 1] Designed and built by Boeing; the prototype first flew in 1932, and the type was still …

The Boeing P-26 Peashooter was the first all metal, pursuit monoplane, for the USAAC. However, it was conservative in design, with fixed gear and external wing bracing—although the P-26 would prove to be a gallant fighter against Japanese aircraft, in the Philippines, at the beginning of World War II—it was for the most part, an interim ...