Any P-26 Peashooter fans?

[JDK]

Wondering if there's anyone here who has good info or photos on the Boeing P-26.

A cool and somewhat overlooked type, but with an original returned to the air and some replicas on the way, plus the Mayocraft semi-scale job(?) it's looking up!



http://peashooter.net/?content=history

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-26_Peashooter

[wacoykc]

JDK.....I have a bunch of P-26 photos....including some flying formation with the B-19. Now if I can only remember where I put them in my huge storage facility...er...hangar

[JDK]

Toss the hangar (who knows, you might find the Arc of the Covenant) and bring 'em out!

[wacoykc]

I am pretty sure that was in there as well:) I just found several hundred more 8x10's in a closet here at home...although this is mostly all WWII stuff tested at Wright Field. I'll look in the coming week and see if I can find the P-26 photos.

[visaliaaviation]

About year ago,a fellow was giving away some P-26 aand P-12 stuff, over on parts classified. I responded and came away with near complete P-26 parts and assembly drawings on CD. Enough to build from.

[tom d. friedman]

i know the p-26 was prone to ground looping due to it's narrow width of the landing gear. it was also prone to flipping upon landing hence the raised fairing behind the cockpit to protect the pilot. i think the last 1 was with drawn from service in the u.s. in 1939. the type saw very limited service with either thailand or the phillppines upon the early japanese attacks of the war. they were woefully under armed.

[CAVU Mark]

As soon as I figure out how to post images I will post two images of a work in process. The plane is not finished yet but you can see it at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. These were shot 12.5.08. I hope to be helping out on this project next year.

Maybe you can see them here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24686554@N02/3104032608/

Last edited by CAVU Mark on Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[warbird1]

Speaking of P-26's what's the latest on the "new find" Peashooter that was previously unknown. A poster made a casual mention of it on a thread a few weeks back but left us hanging. I got the impression it was coming from somewhere down South (i.e. South America) and going to be recovered.

Anyone?

[AviaS199]

Gotta love the 'Shooter. Yeah, it was obsolete when it was designed, owing to the conservatism of the AAC brass, who just weren't comfortable without an open cockpit, fixed landing gear, and externally braced wings. Still, it was a big step forward. The P-26 always reminded me of the mid-thirties Cleveland racers, with its barrell-chested pugnacity.

In another post, Mustangdriver mentioned "This day in history." Something else happened on this day, back in 1941. A flight of 5 Phillippines Air Force Peashooters took on 54 Japanese fighters and bombers - and turned them back. Out of the five P-26s, only one was lost. The storyranks right up there with other battles against impossible odds, such as Taffy Three during Leyte Gulf.

I'd also like to hear more about any new recoveries. If it's true, it's great news.

[b29flteng]

I had an Aurora? P-26 plastic kit as a kid, about 1/48 scale. I thought it was a neat looking plane with the stripe down the side.