Boeing P-26A Peashooter only one

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.

[@Chilly_Billy]

Imagine the bravery of the Filipino pilots who took on Zeroes in this beautiful but hopelessly obsolete fighter?

[@shaider1982]

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.

[@TheWatchmanontheWall783]

Skills compensated.

[@mafiosomemer3730]

As they lay their lives in sacrifise.

[@ottoivanov4269]

the early stage kamikaze pilots

[@Page-Hendryx]

And the Chinese pilots as well.

[@danielcarlson800]

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.

[@bruces3613]

The most art-deco fighter ever made.

[@danielseghers8214]

I saw one in the military aviation museum in Virginia Beach ! Beautiful plane most of the planes in this museum do still fly !

[@Auggies1956]

Perfect if King Kong climbs the Empire State Building again.

[@taofledermaus]

It looked like the guy that ran up to remove the cover on the pitot tube nearly got wacked by the prop.

[@richardlahan7068]

Yeah. That could have been bad.

[@Rutherfordium2023]

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.

[@wormhole331]

There’s no depth perception in video but he looked plenty clear to me

[@Rutherfordium2023]

you can tell Irl, he was pretty clear but definitely not clear enough to be totally safe@@wormhole331

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for posting. An incredible airplane to see fly in this era.

[@RickThompson-d8s]

It's my all-time favorite airplane. Just stunningly beautiful!

[@claysmoker1]

Getting close to 100 years old. So cool!

[@davidholmgren659]

WOW! What beautiful airplane!

[@tughillrc6327]

Great Video, Thanks for sharing,

[@stuartlynn-q8q]

The coolest airplane of its time and sexier now

[@PyroThunder]

Like the Gee Bee and The Jug had a baby!

[@Rutherfordium2023]

I was there that day! great footage for the weather conditions, I did not expect it to rain that day :(

[@glorialotz3333]

Just beautiful.

[@mmascitti]

I love that plane!❤

[@dginia]

Anachronistically beautiful! Would it be fare to call it Art Deco? Ridiculously narrow undercarriage! 8” per side would have helped so much.

[@carlosszr]

Awesome!

[@nunyabidness9257]

WPAFB Museum in Dayton has one…

[@BrokenWrenches]

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-Thailand]

@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.

[@budlistar5312]

I hope Boeing is paying attention. Maybe a limited run of say 20 or so.

[@stone8597]

There one in the Air Force Museum located in Dayton, Ohio, and its just as, or maybe even more beautiful then this one.

[@jhaedtler]

Can you imagine what that beast would have been like with a constant speed prop??

[@MrOlgrumpy]

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.

[@garypugh1153]

I wonder if wings are built sturdy, or those cables only keep it from bending during flight ? Same with landing gear ? 😊

[@iroll]

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 :)

[@alanhutchins5916]

If the Navy DoD brought back that paint scheme they’d get a lot more funding ….

[@Geekman333]

Exquisite. 1930s AF. 😁

[@Page-Hendryx]

1:24 - cuttin' it kinda close there....

[@stevis8264]

Aviation historians consider the P-26 to be a halfway point between WWI and WWII fighter planes.

[@keithallver2450]

Whats that metal tube in front of the cockpit.

[@marioditroia]

Is it me or does the sound of the starter sound like an old looney tune cartoon with Bugs Bunny?!?

[@justincase1575]

It’s called an inertia starter. A large flywheel spun and a clutch engages to to turn the prop through gears.

[@marioditroia]

@@justincase1575 Also similar to the tasmanian devil spinning noise...

[@davecaron1213]

A work of art.