An Icon Of The US Army Air Corps | Boeing P-26 'Peashooter' [Aircraft Overview #20]

[@RexsHangar]

This was my first attempt at hand-colouring the thumbnail image. Normally I use an A.I program, but it was getting confused by the paintwork. Hope it looks okay! :) P.S Yes I am aware I stuffed up the gun calibre for this one, apologies 😅

[@jpgabobo]

Looks great. Just found your channel. Keep up the good work - Hopefully you'll become the Drachinifel of aviation with hour long videos!

[@ggginforlab]

Fine work. And great video!

[@book3100]

Looked good to me

[@oxcart4172]

I thought it was an original colour picture!

[@scotiadrake4245]

Nicely done

[@NapoleChan]

This video is a perfect example for why KZbin shouldn't have took away the dislikes. This was such a well made video and it having well over 700 likes and not a single dislike really proves my point. Glad I got the extension on my browser, because I ran into the video seen this ratio and figured it was worth giving a watch. And now I'm subscribed and adding to that ratio.

[@marcodeodorico7618]

Nobody dares to give a dislike to such a beautiful airplane as the Peashooter.

[@dfinlen]

I don't understand why KZbin did that either. The ratio was a great way to find great content in a list. For example a scifi shorts list. I used the ratio to find the best sci-fi short film to watch and it just works.

[@bitrage.]

Im confused about the "dislikes" thing, i still have it on my KZbin app (Samsung Note 10+ 5g)

[@Bialy_1]

2k likes and 9 dislikes... you can see them if you have proper extension in your web browser...

[@bitrage.]

@@Bialy_1 Widzę kolegę Polaka!!

[@edl617]

December 1941, U.S. fighter strength in the Philippines included 28 P-26s, 12 of which were operational with the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the Philippine Army Air Corps.[12] Captain Jesus A. Villamor and his squadron of P-26s engaged Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros above Zablan and Batangas Fields, and despite being outclassed Villamor and his squadron claimed four kills - one Mitsubishi G3M bomber and three Zeros, two by Villamor himself.[13] For these actions, Villamor was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and an Oak Leaf Cluster.[14][15] The P-26s were burnt to prevent their capture by advancing Imperial Japanese Army forces on 24 December 1941.

[@bartonstano9327]

Thanks for posting this, the P-26 if it got the first shot on a Zero could kill it. The big trick was getting a first shot.

[@loveofmangos001]

Captain Villamor is a true hero Thank you for sharing this. Not many people know about his story

[@martijn9568]

I'm amazed at how good your are at watching a KZbin video

[@palerider7708]

Whose name is still used by the PAF for the AB at Manila Airport. There is also a very interesting aviation museum located there as well.

[@VikingTeddy]

The Japanese pilots were not yet grizzled veterans, so even an inferior plane had a chance, especially when flown by a natural pilot like Villamor. When the 40's came around, the Japanese pilots had a lot of experience under their belts. Only after U.S pilots got better planes and had had time to accumulate experience of their own did the tide start turning. It's probably safe to say that if the Peashooters had met Zeros even a year later, the outcome would have been different.

[@Paladin1873]

When my Dad was a boy a flight of P-26 fighters landed on the small grass airport of our hometown in north Florida. Practically the whole community turned out to see them. Such an event was quite newsworthy in the 1930s.

[@ridleymain9234]

I love that the p-26 looks like it’s wearing little rain boots

[@benburris1348]

Interwar planes are my favorite! I love early monoplanes and late biplanes!

[@TommygunNG]

The F3F Barrel Fighter. A biplane with better performance and more modern design. Irony of the times.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I love them too, but the last biplanes were like the last steam locomotives- very advanced, efficient and beautiful but the technology reached it's limit. Much like internal combustion engines today.

[@wesrrowlands8309]

The first thing I thought when I saw the thumbnail was that it was a racing plane design. The fact that it was able to take down Zeroes is impressive.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

It does make you think of the GeeBee racing plane, for sure.

[@Farweasel]

Immediate impression was it looked like a fore-runner to the Polikarpov I-16. Impresive that the Polikarpov I-16 came out only a year later. Both, as indicated in the video, probably influenced by racing designs of the time.

[@BoltUpright190]

Love your videos Rex. One correction: Being an American aircraft, I believe the .30 cal guns were Browning M1919's chambered in 30'06, not the British .303.

[@guidor.4161]

Lovely little aircraft. I have a 1:32 "vintage" model from Hasegawa which I built many moons (about 25 years) ago in Philippine Army colors (I remember being too lazy to paint the elaborate US army scheme, and also this was something unusual).

[@seanhraba747]

I'm looking for that kit, built it years ago and yes I cheated too 😏.

[@woodrowsmith3400]

I bought two of that kid eons ago and super-detailed it. Cut out access panels, control surfaces, hung wing support wiring using sprue...painted it to honor the 94th, as that was Captain Eddie's group during WWII. It's gone now, a long with any photos...damnit. I haven't built anything for a grip of time now, but if something came along as good or better than Hasegawa's kit, I'd buy it and build it again. One of my all-time favorites, both the plane and the kit.

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

My brother had a set of airplane cards from 1903-1963. I have them now and the one of the cards is the P-26 Peashooter. It went down in flames in the Philippines.

[@oldgysgt]

Correction; the P26 used a .30-06 1919 Browning, not a .303 gun.

[@RexsHangar]

Yeah I got those mixed up, apologies for that 😅

[@kevinbarry71]

@@RexsHangar .303 is a British caliber. Not likely to find it on an American airplane. And Americans generally called this plane the Buffalo.

[@trooperdgb9722]

@@kevinbarry71 Cite? I have not seen a reference to that name being given to the P-26... ?? I suspect some confusion with the F2A..Brewster Buffalo. ... It seems rather unlikely that TWO aircraft in the same era and country would share a name...

[@kevinbarry71]

@@trooperdgb9722 no, I confuse that with a different airplane

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@kevinbarry71 entirely different plane made by a different company…

[@sergeikropotkin]

One of them was sent to Spain in March 1935 in order to compete in the contest convened by the Spanish Government in order to replace the already obsolete Nieuport-Delage NID 52, a contest that was won by its other competitor, the Hawker Fury. This disarmed aircraft still remained in Spain at the beginning of the Civil War and at first it was requisitioned and later bought by the sum of 26,000 dollars; piloted by Lieutenant Ramón Puarelli and armed with two Vickers machine guns of 7.7 mm, he was knocked down on October 21, 1936 by a Fiat C.R.32 near Getafe, Madrid.

[@Bialy_1]

Your sum is idiotically high... US. army provided 1000 dollars for R&D...

[@secretbaguette]

@@Bialy_1 It was established in the video the government was incredibly cheap and that Boing practically did it all themselves, just because the R&D fund was practicslly nonexistent did not mean the plane itself was cheap, just that the government was in developing it. The price in dollars per aircraft is very likely to be upwards of 5,000 or 10,000 for the US military contract. Add to that in the circumstance in Spain, there was one of them, it was probably one of the higher quality aircraft in the country right then, and it was bought in the midst of a huge civil war in which air power quite literally won the day, making any and every aircraft which could be outfitted with a machine gun precious. So, no. It really wasn't. Ontop of your evident lack of thought into your comment, isn't it obvious the man knows what he's talking about by the sheer obscurity of the event and the fact he knows exactly the man who flew it? People who are this detailed and meticulous aren't often wrong. He did his research.

[@Page-Hendryx]

Make no mistake, the Republicans were the bad guys.

[@viper2148]

ZERO KILLER - from Wikipedia: By December 1941, U.S. fighter strength in the Philippines included 28 P-26s, 12 of which were operational with the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the Philippine Army Air Corps. Captain Jesus A. Villamor and his squadron of P-26s engaged Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros above Zablan and Batangas Fields, and despite being outclassed Villamor and his squadron claimed four kills - one Mitsubishi G3M bomber and three Zeros, two by Villamor himself. For these actions, Villamor was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and an Oak Leaf Cluster.

[@davidkyle5017]

My uncle went to school in Panama for some time during the 1930's as his father worked for the US on the canal. He used to see Peashooters fly all the time since the US air base where some were stationed was not far from his school. After WWII he went on to become an airplane mechanic, working from JFK and Laguardia in NY and was an avid RC modeler too. I would often go with him when he flew his models. He loved building WWI and interwar models and I remember how excited he was when he finally built a large scale P-26. It always was a strange stubby little plane that could only be from one era. Nice vid Rex

[@bernardscheidle5679]

Don't forget that the P26 was very important in shooting down King Kong from the Empire State building!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Animal cruelty! 🙂

[@seanbigay1042]

Wait, I thought it was biplanes that knocked Kong off the Empire State?

[@trooperdgb9722]

@@seanbigay1042 It was...

[@JohnnySmithWhite-wd4ey]

P 12's I think.

[@donparker1823]

Q: Why would an American aircraft use a machine gun in .303 (7.7mm) British? A: They didn't. They used 2, M1919 Brownings in .30 (7.62mm) machine guns or, one 1919 .30 cal and one .50 M2 Browning.

[@book3100]

This is the picture that pops to mind when I hear "airplane" ever since I was a kid. Sure looks like a fun one to fly

[@marcosfernandez7207]

The first aircraft model built by myself, more than fifty years ago. Still have the small bird, still love it. When introduced into service, it was a big step ahead. Technical developments, however, were fast in the early thirties, and soon the small plane would became obsolete. But it has a lot of lovers by its simplicity, performance and ruggedness in its time. Also, it provided happiness for the boys of our "squadron" of four planes, we played a lot with them. Two of these tiny peashooters survived to this day. Also two of the boys would later pilot real airplanes, one of these myself. Thanks a lot for your video and careful research. Kind regards.

[@rayrayokmusic]

Exceptional. One of my faves since my model building time as a kid.

[@johnfry9010]

Long before the internet I had a black and white photo of a squadron of P-26's and for years never could find out what they were , it wasn't until I made a visit to the Boeing Museum in Seattle that I finally solved the problem . Good video !

[@82dorrin]

When I was little, my dad (a now-retired Air Traffic Controller) had a book about aviation history with a picture of a P-26 on one of the first pages. I remember gawking at the thing when I was about five years old. I thought it looked so cool when I was a kid.

[@joelmerrill]

These are the most beautiful planes ever built in my opinion.

[@mattinsley1721]

You can see the only flying example at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino Ca. It flies regularly. I have seen it fly at their annual airshow many times. (the last two years the show was canceled due to covid) The museum has many rare aircraft including the only original Zero flying on it's original engine. Worth the trip.

[@trooperdgb9722]

Fantastic place... been there twice and would go again tomorrow...lol

[@youtube.youtube.01]

Some of the future pilots of WWII who lived Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana saw the P-26 take off from Bossier City, Lousiana near Texarkana (Barksdale AFB) and train to fly in the 1930's. The P-26 was unmistakable to identify over bi-planes and other single wing aircraft. Some pilots told me of riding their bicycles for several miles to the landing strip to see them and later become bomber pilots, theirselves, when WW-II landed on them. The P-26 was showing undeniable evolution in the skies over their heads.

[@stardog62]

I agree this is one of the greatest designs of its era. Peter Jackson should have used Peashooters in the aerial attack scene from King Kong

[@donberry7657]

Peashooter...not a name to inspire fear, exactly. But "Unexpected Aquatic Incidents"? Nice one:)

[@mindmedic9435]

This is easily my favorite US military plane. It looks so retro-racer. The color schemes were really eye catching. It seemed like they were trying to start some color traditions among the different squadrons like the cowling and sides, and how the squadron leader had the fanciest scheme. Little by little all the other color schemes have faded away. Like how fuselages were blue, wings yellow and rudders were striped red and white. I think it was the 1930s version of drawing positive attention for recruiting purposes. Great video, by the way.

[@AF-ng4wv]

My uncle flew these at Clark Field PI in 1938. He was with the 3rd pursuit Sq. The "hump" saved him after he hit two water Buffalo during a night landing. Later he returned to Clark with a B17 group and was there on Dec 7/8.

[@AndrewGivens]

Nice. I never liked the look of the Peashooter when I was younger and first came across it - I thought it seemed naive and faintly ridiculous. But then I was used to seeing the sleek, leggy fighters of the 1940s. Seen through the lens of the late 1920s to early 1930s, it really does make a lot of sense aesthetically and is even quite handsome, in an archaic way.

[@joestephan1111]

There is one that still flies at the Planes of Fame museum in Chino, CA

[@williambarr830]

Excellent presentation! Note that Frank Bisby Holmes flew one of two P-26's out of Oahu on Dec 8 1941 while looking for the Japanese fleet. Top cover was provided by P-40's. All had bombs. He and the rest of the squadron almost dropped bombs on the returning Halsey Fleet before he recognized US aircraft on the aircraft carrier deck. Holmes had to do a "falling leaf maneuver to avoid being shot at in order to get low enough to ID the carriers. This information came from Frank himself at a CA "Friends of the Aces " meeting in the early 1990's. His remarks are recorded in the Library of Congress. Holmes later flew in the P-38 raid to kill Yamamoto. He also claimed to have gotten hits on Yamamoto's Betty but others got the credit.

[@spinnetti]

Was one of my first balsa kits in the 70's

[@jmrodas9]

I was eight when the coup took place in Guatemala. The pea shooter took off and pursued a P47 or P51 flown by a Cuban pilot and shot it down above Peten. It was possible because the Cubans who strafed military installations, did not expect fighter opposition. I still remember my late Dad read that to me, in one of those newspapers in those days.

[@gastonave]

It's amazing how rapidly airplane technology was improving during this period.

[@EstorilEm]

It’s actually not a bad looking aircraft when you see it in color, I had always thought it was hideous lol. Great inter-war paint schemes.

[@simpsonfan13]

I remember someone posting about an experience they had in War Thunder: "He was annoying me by spawn camping. So I flew a Peashooter into him."

[@bigblue6917]

Definitely on my favourites list. This and the Polikarpov I-16. Interestingly both flew in China.

[@patjohnson3100]

This is a very informative and well-done channel. Information is very clearly presented. Thank you. Interwar color schemes of US planes tended to be colorful and interesting. For model builders these brighter colors break up the olive drab and dull blues and greys.

[@Chilly_Billy]

IMO, the coolest looking fighter from between the wars.

[@danh6720]

I’m sure referring to it having a .303 machine gun is a reflex. It certainly would have been equipped with Browning .30 calibers firing 30-06 in US service

[@lancerevell5979]

According to wiki, it eventually carried two .30 M1919s, or one .30 M1919 and one .50BMG.

[@danh6720]

@@lancerevell5979 yeah, think Rex just had a brain fart and said .303

[@daledangelo4421]

This A/C was my very first flying model (Cox’s toy planes) I received, when I was 5yrs old. I still have it with me on display and I’m over 60yrs old!!

[@richardthompson9836]

One is on display in the US Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. It is sitting very colorful and perky with flood lights illuminating it. My favorite little early fighter.

[@barrygrant2907]

A friend of my father worked on that one when it was active in the service. His name is still in the logbook.

[@garyrivera8405]

Thanks to your channel, I was able to recocnize my father, 1Lt. Alfonso Rivera of the fledgeling Philippine Army Air Corps. He trained in Randolph field, Texas. The air force was obliterated by the Japanese and he went on to fight as a guerilla. He had his revenge as a forward air controller directing artillery in an L4 when Macarthur returned.

[@jackaustin3576]

Glad to see this video about the P26 Peashooter....It is a part of Aviation history and was a step forward like most other airplanes....

[@fredferd965]

This was the last fighter aircraft designed by Boeing ever put into service. All of the others were designs made by companies Boeing took over. Boeing has designed experimental aircraft from time to time, such as the would-be F-36, but they aren't in service.

[@cessna688]

There is a beautiful P-26 on display at the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio. Formerly Wright Field.

[@skylaneav8r902]

Great video. I had no idea the Peashooter enjoyed such success.

[@HunterSeeker117]

This channel is so good! Like Drachinifel but for aircraft. Perfect 👌

[@joemueller4738]

The P-26 I saw at USAF museum in Dayton is one of the coolest looking planes I’ve ever seen. Think it was painted in yellow and blue.

[@od1452]

One of my favorites. I've read one p 26 was used as a hack ( not a fighter) by a squadron in Hawaii in December of 41. Thanks for sharing.

[@bernardscheidle5679]

Batman also used a P26 as his personal Batplane. Robin flew a red P26.

[@boofini1830]

I’ve seen the airworthy one fly! I’m sure you know, but it’s at the planes of fame museum in chino which also has the last original zero and one of 7 p38s

[@jonathanstein1783]

Yep, I've seen it fly three times.

[@jonathanstein1783]

And the zero is an A6M5.

[@ThomasFarquhar2]

I love using this thing in war thunder, for what it faces it's got amazing firepower and great maneuverability

[@lawrencelewis2592]

An excellent video- the late inter-war aircraft have always been my favourites- the Hawker Fury, Heinkel 51, the F4B, just for example. They were the most beautiful aircraft until the Spitfire came along.

[@mgbrv8]

I find it remarkable that the peashooter shot down a zero

[@73honda350]

Rather amazing the staggering gains in design, engineering and technology of American military aviation in less than 10 years after this plane's service life began in 1934.

[@SCjunk]

M1919 machine gun in 30-06 (7.62 x 63 mm ) cal not .303 cal (7.7 x 56 mm) which is a british calibre eventually in a browning variant markedly different from a M1919 in that it had a raised feed tray cover.

[@redesert_boy8202]

Nice tribute to a key design and operational time with the classic 1930s design. I learned so much about the P26. Thanks much!

[@strakhovandrri]

Got to remember that I was here before 30K subscribers...

[@jessehamm3573]

9:54 In actuality, the 12 P-26A's which ultimately comprised the 6th Pursuit Squadron of the fledgling Philippine Air Force were not merely "sold to the Philippines", as 1) the Philippines had yet to become fully independent, 2) the Peashooters in question had already been present in the region as part of the USAAC Far East Air Force during the 1930s, and were subsequently handed down to the Filipinos once the more advanced P-35's and P-40s became available and 3), the informally-created "Philippine Air Force" operated as a sub-division of the US. Far East Air Force and was still subject to the overall U.S. chain of command. In addition to the 12 P-26A's of the 6th Pursuit Squadron, the "Philippine Air Force" comprised two additional "squadrons" composed of obsolescent aircraft first operated and then "passed down" by the Americans in the region. One Bombing squadron was equipped with a total of 2 B-10s, while another fighter squadron sported of a pair of Boeing P-12E biplanes.

[@CineSparky]

*PTSD intensifies* I worked on a local independent WW2 movie animating these things. Took 5 years to finish 😅

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

I did a series of 30 second animations. Never again, took me weeks to do, and they still looked as if I put each together in five minutes.

[@CineSparky]

@@huwzebediahthomas9193 same here, I ain't going to take a project that big again, it stole 5 years of my life. Production was hell. I re-watched the film again as I was also the editor of said film and I have a copy of the final output, damn it looks dated... the graphics we did didn't age well. But we did our best. It was only a 2 man team.

[@davidwood1923]

A Great Little Video... Thanks for Sharing

[@Zbigniew_Nowak]

A truly amazing combination of a slightly old look and modern devices :D

[@terrified057t4]

Gotta love the P-26 paint jobs, really reminds me of the flying circus of WW1 XD

[@das_gruuben]

Got so excited when I saw the notification for this. Keep them coming, they're great videos!

[@bernardscheidle5679]

When they were shooting at King Kong on the Empire State skyscraper, the pilots threw bananas at King Kong from their P26 open cockpits! This confused King Kong a lot, who couldn't decide if he was mad or hungry.

[@LogieT2K]

Absolute quality video, love the p-26, would be fun to have one just as a genreal av plabe thrse days

[@WasatchGarandMan]

Ive always loved the P26. Its such a cute looking little aircraft.

[@garryferrington811]

Nice vid, good photos and narration.

[@markreardon6663]

Given the recent spate of 'aquatic incidents' the F35 could use the P26s flotation device.

[@bkane573]

Nonsense. The F-36 is the best aircraft that will ever be built by man. It certainly is not a huge boondoggle that is less capable then every jet it is replacing.

[@paulrward]

Just to let everyone know - at the height of it's service, there was one squadron of P-26s at Langley Field in Virginia to protect the East Coat, a second squadron was based at Hamilton Field in California to protect the West Coast, a third squadron was based at Selfridge Field in Michigan, in order that it could either fly east or west in case of war, the fourth squadron was based in Panama to protect the Canal, the fifth was based in Hawaii to protect Pearl Harbor, and the sixth was based in the Philippines to protect the naval base at Manila. That's right. The entire front line air defense of the U.S.A. was 120 P-26s in SIX squadrons. This was just four years before the outbreak of WW2, while war was raging in China, Ethiopia, and Spain. Against the Japanese, in China, over Hawaii, and in the Phlippines, they were the ONLY U.S. fighter that could out-turn the Mitsubishi A6M ' Zero '. Which several IJN pilots found out the hard way. .

[@kyle857]

Selfridge is useful in case Canada does something we don't like.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

if you ignore the P36s and all Navy and Marine fighters you’d be right…but this was also during extreme isolation during the Great Depression and was well into being changed and finalized when war finally hit the US

[@paulrward]

@@bostonrailfan2427 First, learn how to read, and then go back and read my comment. I stated that ' The entire front line air defense of the U.S.A. was 120 P-26s in SIX squadrons. This was just four years before the outbreak of WW2 ' . This means that, in 1935-36, the P-26 was the front line fighter for the U.S., and that there were only 120 of them. The P-36 did NOT come into service until 1938 ! As for Navy and Marine fighters in 1935-36, they were primarily Boeing F4Bs, and the Grumman F2Fs, which was just coming into service. One was obsolescent, that other had teething problems that were never completely solved, and it was replaced with the F3F.

[@phredl]

I constructed a wooden model of this with the Yellow and blue paint scheme when I was 12.

[@paulevans3261]

Outstanding video!! Love learning from you A question if I may... Is that a Merlin starting up at the beginning of your video's?

[@TheWhoamaters]

I love interwar fighters that are a mix of the new and the old. The Hurricane is easily my favorite, but they are all so interesting

[@David7793]

always wanted to have a doc on this for awhile. Thanks for the video

[@GeneralJackRipper]

There is a video on KZbin of a P-26 being crank started, and if you're a fan it's as close to an eargasm as you can get.

[@molochi]

The US used 30-06, not 303. They aren't the same round.

[@rickyusa1000]

Maybe you could talk about the Martin B 10 bomber. The early '30's airplanes are very interesting since they show the transition from wood and fabric biplanes to the airplanes of WW2.

[@ronin47-ThorstenFrank]

Thank you for doing this video. I did build two model kits of the Peashooter as a kid. I always loved the design and it´s colourful paints. And I also compared it to the I-16. And I wondered how the performance (and history) would have changed if the type would be equipped with a retractable undercarriage and a stronger engine.

[@RedXlV]

Boeing's next fighter after this was the YP-29/XP-32/XF7B, a series of 4 prototypes that were basically just the P-26 with a retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit. Their next fighter after *that* was the utter monster that is the XF8B in 1944. And didn't build another fighter at all until buying out McDonnell Douglas in 1997. (Though the Boeing 818 that never got built probably *should've* been the F-111, if not for McNamara's interference.)

[@somerandomguy___]

Oh wow I'm pretty sure it's been a long while since you covered a plane that's in WT and it too me looks pretty nice with the paint jobs shown at the end that makes it look more like a racing aircraft or something out of a comic book that doesn't give a damn about historical accuracy but when it's painted in a military camo imo it looks clumsy and clunky Also it's been some time since the last entry in the military aviation history, I'd love to see more of that again

[@griffingiles2534]

This is an awesome channel! Will you be doing videos on helicopters?

[@peddler931]

It's got an Art Deco look to it.

[@longrider42]

If I am not mistaken several P-26's, got off the ground from a secondary field, on December 7th. And I believe one was shot down by friendly fire. Good video by the way.

[@RexsHangar]

Ah. I knew I was forgetting something about this thing 😅

[@allangibson2408]

P-26’s were also in service in the Philippines. A number of shoot downs of A6M2 Zero’s was claimed.

[@ctomaszewsk]

They were actually P36 Hawks, the predecessor to the P40

[@jameshalstead940]

@@ctomaszewsk Didn’t one of those Hawks shoot down a Japanese plane?

[@afx935]

@@ctomaszewsk Sikorski P-35s. The P-26s equipped a squadron of the Philippine Air Force. One Betty was claimed to have been shot down on December 10th.

[@rose415]

What a great documentary, I think I know everything and pleasantly surprised to learn…..TY

[@e.d.4824]

Nice and interesting video on a beautiful bird! Thank you!

[@SephirothRyu]

So what you are saying is "In the event of a water landing, the PLANE can be used as a floatation device."

[@julianbrelsford]

Considering it has fixed landing gear, it could be a challenge for the pilot to take advantage of this feature. My suspicion is it won't be that easy for a the pilot to avoid flipping the thing over

[@patrickwentz8413]

Beautiful aircraft.

[@jefferydavis4090]

AWESOME, very well done, very informative 👍👍👍

[@jerrybailey5797]

Fabulous video 👍

[@chae_shoko]

You have made the amazing chanel of information about aircraft! You are making very good work!!

[@jasonz7788]

Awesome thanks for the great work Sir

[@tonyraheja1]

Beautiful... Thanks

[@JamesLaserpimpWalsh]

I always feel bad shooting them down in warthunder. Like they are little critters that are fun to have about the place. hehe heh cheers for the vid.

[@matthewschreck6418]

Does anyone know the reason why it was called the Peashooter? I specifically watched the video to hear an answer to that question. I have heard a number of explanations over the years but never anything definite.

[@tetraxis3011]

Surprisingly effective for such a small plane. Shooting down a Zero is no small task.

[@rosmundsen]

Good Vid, Thank You.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Recruiter: "Join the Fuerza Aerea Guatemala! Rule the skies!" Potential pilot: "Well, I think you should change your acronym, but what the heck; sure, I'll try being a jet pilot.....oh, you have got to be sh****g me!"

[@clarencehopkins7832]

Excellent stuff bro

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Such a cute little airplane, and with some of the most colourful schemes seen since WWI. The "Yellow wings" period is a favorite of mine. But the open cockpit may not have been because of conservative thinking and lack of money for development, but because pilots of the time preferred open cockpits. Some pilots even flew the Spitfire without closing the hood during the Battle of Britain, so it's always good to remember that when looking at old aircraft designs from the 1930's. Another thing is the use of biplanes, which also lasted a long time because of the lack of developed airfields limiting the use of monoplanes because of their higher landing speed. So design decisions weren't made by idiots back then, they were just made for other reasons. ;o)