Boeing P-26A Peashooter are only two original "Peashooters" left in the world, one hangs from the ceiling in the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and remaining and flying at Planes of Fame Air museum in Chino CA.
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@Chilly_Billy3 ай бұрын
Imagine the bravery of the Filipino pilots who took on Zeroes in this beautiful but hopelessly obsolete fighter?
@shaider19823 ай бұрын
They also managed to shoot down some Zeroes. WW2 TV has an interview with a Phil Air Force Colonel who also has lectures on the history of the Philippine Air Force.
@TheWatchmanontheWall783Ай бұрын
Skills compensated.
@mafiosomemer3730Ай бұрын
As they lay their lives in sacrifise.
@danielcarlson8003 ай бұрын
What a BEAUTIFUL restoration!!!!!!! And it flys!!!!!!! I've seen a b/w photo of a formation of these flying over the Corona area in 1934.
@danielseghers82143 ай бұрын
I saw one in the military aviation museum in Virginia Beach ! Beautiful plane most of the planes in this museum do still fly !
@bruces36133 ай бұрын
The most art-deco fighter ever made.
@taofledermaus3 ай бұрын
It looked like the guy that ran up to remove the cover on the pitot tube nearly got wacked by the prop.
@richardlahan70683 ай бұрын
Yeah. That could have been bad.
@Rutherfordium20233 ай бұрын
They are usually super safe there, I think that guy either forgot to take it off earlier and panicked or just didn't know it would start so soon.
@wormhole3312 ай бұрын
There’s no depth perception in video but he looked plenty clear to me
@Rutherfordium20232 ай бұрын
you can tell Irl, he was pretty clear but definitely not clear enough to be totally safe@@wormhole331
@Auggies19563 ай бұрын
Perfect if King Kong climbs the Empire State Building again.
@P61guy613 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting. An incredible airplane to see fly in this era.
@user-xg1sd1gj3n3 ай бұрын
It's my all-time favorite airplane. Just stunningly beautiful!
@claysmoker13 ай бұрын
Getting close to 100 years old. So cool!
@davidholmgren6593 ай бұрын
WOW! What beautiful airplane!
@user-qt1kb2lp6f3 ай бұрын
The coolest airplane of its time and sexier now
@glorialotz33333 ай бұрын
Just beautiful.
@tughillrc63273 ай бұрын
Great Video, Thanks for sharing,
@PyroThunder3 ай бұрын
Like the Gee Bee and The Jug had a baby!
@mmascitti3 ай бұрын
I love that plane!❤
@Rutherfordium20233 ай бұрын
I was there that day! great footage for the weather conditions, I did not expect it to rain that day :(
@carlosszr3 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@dginia3 ай бұрын
Anachronistically beautiful! Would it be fare to call it Art Deco? Ridiculously narrow undercarriage! 8” per side would have helped so much.
@nunyabidness92573 ай бұрын
WPAFB Museum in Dayton has one…
@budlistar53122 ай бұрын
I hope Boeing is paying attention. Maybe a limited run of say 20 or so.
@stone85973 ай бұрын
There one in the Air Force Museum located in Dayton, Ohio, and its just as, or maybe even more beautiful then this one.
@BrokenWrenches3 ай бұрын
the us was so unprepared and behind the curve when ww2 broke out in the late 30’s. the japanese were ripping around in the A6m zero and the germans had the ME-109’s, among other modern aircraft. while our boys were training in aircraft just barely more modern than the p26.
@Jimbo-in-Thailand2 ай бұрын
@BrokenWrenches - The answer is real simple. America was an isolationist peaceful nation during that time and totally anti-war. Unlike post-WWII period to date, she tried to mind her own business, so there was no need to spend huge amounts of money developing superior bleeding edge weaponry. That was before the evil Military Industrial Complex was born. Yep, it was a different time.
@alanhutchins59162 ай бұрын
If the Navy DoD brought back that paint scheme they’d get a lot more funding ….
@MrOlgrumpy3 ай бұрын
Now that's afearsomly named fighter,get out of the way of the peashooter. Impressive showing guys,well presented aircraft. the future P47 wings are evident there.
@Geekman3333 ай бұрын
Exquisite. 1930s AF. 😁
@stevis82643 ай бұрын
Aviation historians consider the P-26 to be a halfway point between WWI and WWII fighter planes.
@garypugh11533 ай бұрын
I wonder if wings are built sturdy, or those cables only keep it from bending during flight ? Same with landing gear ? 😊
@iroll3 ай бұрын
The frame inside the wings isn't strong enough to hold the weight of the plane without the cables for bracing. This is common for any planes before about the mid to late 1930s, when wing design improved. The landing gear are probably braced because the wings are pulling on them :)
@jhaedtler3 ай бұрын
Can you imagine what that beast would have been like with a constant speed prop??
@marioditroia3 ай бұрын
Is it me or does the sound of the starter sound like an old looney tune cartoon with Bugs Bunny?!?
@justincase15753 ай бұрын
It’s called an inertia starter. A large flywheel spun and a clutch engages to to turn the prop through gears.
@marioditroia3 ай бұрын
@@justincase1575 Also similar to the tasmanian devil spinning noise...