Boeing P-26 Peashooter

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The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" was a 1930s American monoplane fighter aircraft and the first all-metal pursuit plane to enter service with the U.S. Army Air Corps.

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instanceOf fighter aircraft
military aircraft
monoplane
aircraftCategory pursuit plane
armament 2 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns
bombs on underwing racks
category 1930s fighter aircraft
cockpitType open cockpit
configuration single-engine monoplane
construction all-metal
countryOfOrigin United States
crew 1
designedBy Boeing Aircraft Company
linked to: Boeing
emptyWeight 997 kg
engineType air-cooled radial engine
enteredServiceWith United States Army Air Corps
era interwar period
firstFlight 1932-03-20
grossWeight 1,435 kg
height 2.59 m
introduced 1934
landingGear fixed landing gear
length 7.18 m
manufacturer Boeing
maximumSpeed 377 km/h
nicknamed Peashooter
notableFeature first all-metal monoplane fighter in U.S. Army Air Corps service
numberBuilt 151
operatorType military
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
primaryUser Guatemalan Air Force
Philippine Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Corps
range 965 km
retired 1957
role pursuit fighter
serviceBranch United States Army Air Corps
serviceCeiling 9,144 m
status retired
successor Curtiss P-36 Hawk
survivingExamples several museum aircraft
tailType conventional tailwheel
usedBy Chinese Nationalist Air Force
Guatemalan Air Force
Philippine Army Air Corps
usedInConflict World War II
wingspan 8.84 m
wingType low-wing monoplane

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United States Army Air Corps notableAircraft Boeing P-26 Peashooter