Boeing P-26A Peashooter
 

Chino, California?

Nope, Duxford on Saturday!

Steve Hinton and co from Chino shipped it to the UK as a "surprise" for Flying Legends. Bloody marvellous!

Aah, the last time I saw a Connie was at Wymeswold in the '60s when one landed from Spain(?) with 2 of its engines inside and one feathered - crazy!! No idea how 'they' got away with it. It was inbound to a maintenance facility I believe!

The P26 has always been a favorite of mine. Lines that liken to the GB Racer.

And the paint job. IF I HAD AN AIRLINE, all the planes would have that paint job (modified for jets).

Beautiful!

To have Steve Hinton in the country is as amazin as the Boeing:D

SGC

I've always wondered....why is it called a Peashooter?

I think it might refer to that tube-like gunsight above the cowling.

Or just a play on the "P" for pursuit/"shooter"? i think it was a model that had fairly high production for an inter-war pursuit plane.

IIRC, it was nicknamed "the Peashooter" because of the gunsight tube.

I assumed they were all retired by the late 30s. But according to Wikipedia they accounted for a couple of Zeros in WW2 and last saw combat (Guatemala) in 1954!

Here is a squadron of them. Don't think any are left though.

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Now, believe it or not, I was not alive when that photo was taken. :p

However, I was later based in both of those hangars flying corporate jets, in the 1970s and 1980s and those hangars are still in use to this day.

It's not that good looking!!
 

Looks rather like, but not as pretty (!) as, the Travel Air Mystery Ship (http://www.airteamimages.com/travel-...te_202205.html), doesn't it?
Oh hang on..............Of course............That's where they got the idea from wasn't it?
The MS will be displaying at Shuttleworth on 27 July, come over and say hello.
Regards,
Jez

Slight thread drift but I too saw the Peashooter on Saturday but more exciting for me was seeing Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown. Small of stature but a giant of a man!

There was at least one P-26 present at Pearl Harbour.

SGCAYLEY. Steve Hinton flies at Flying Legends every year, certainly for at least the last five years. Mr. Nice Guy. Great bloke to talk to. [His wife's very nice too]

Steve Hinton goes back to at least Flying Legends 1997 and has probably has been invited by Stephen Grey to fly at every one - his Fighter Rebuilders team has been associated with quite a few of the TFC restorations over the last 30 years.

Steve H has been flying Stephen Grey's aircraft at Duxford since the mid-80s. As others have said, a super-nice guy and very approachable.

And cambioso, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing the Mystery Ship again, hopefully in the sun this time!