Seversky P-35
Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:01 pm
Did the P-35 have a official name?
Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:19 pm
As far as I know it did not have a name Jack.
Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:26 am
I'm not aware of any name - nor in foreign service.
Nice pic, Jack!
Nice pic, Jack!
Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:48 am
Sure it has a name...
Beautiful!
Have always found the P35 one very attractive a/c.
Beautiful!
Have always found the P35 one very attractive a/c.
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:08 am
Guardsman
at least for the training version
at least for the training version
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:15 am
If you google on "J 9" you will find some links connected
with use in the Swedish Air Force and one is preserved
at the museum in Linkoping, Sweden.
with use in the Swedish Air Force and one is preserved
at the museum in Linkoping, Sweden.
size...
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:25 am
Back in the day I bet pilots thought the 35 was a hulking beast compared to their biplanes, but now it looks so small, almost like a toy.
Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:34 am
Just paving the way for the hulking beast to come....the P-47.
The P-35 was pushing cutting edge technology that was changing very fast. If they had managed to get the powerplant to kick out a bit more, it might have been a bit more successful. As it was, stacked up against the Zero in the Philippines, it was outgunned, out maneuvered, out run and out of it's league. Yet it still managed to account for itself in the face of overwhelming superiority.
The P-35 was pushing cutting edge technology that was changing very fast. If they had managed to get the powerplant to kick out a bit more, it might have been a bit more successful. As it was, stacked up against the Zero in the Philippines, it was outgunned, out maneuvered, out run and out of it's league. Yet it still managed to account for itself in the face of overwhelming superiority.
Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:23 am
The one in the NMUSAF always draws my attention. Such a cool looking aircraft.
Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:55 am
JDK wrote:I'm not aware of any name - nor in foreign service.
Nice pic, Jack!
I think it did and that is saw some limited production for foreign air forces. I'll check. I just got a 6 part series of DVD of the war and there is a segment that is history of the P-47.
Back at you later...
Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:58 am
Just call it "The Drake Bullet".
That's the only name I've ever heard it called except for the AT-12 Guardsman.
Jerry
That's the only name I've ever heard it called except for the AT-12 Guardsman.
Jerry
Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:13 am
Not what I was looking for but this may help.
http://www.aviation-history.com/seversky/p35.htm
I think the P-47 info I was remembering was an episode of Great Planes.
http://www.aviation-history.com/seversky/p35.htm
I think the P-47 info I was remembering was an episode of Great Planes.
Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:33 am
[quote="Holedigger"]
Yet it still managed to account for itself in the face of overwhelming superiority.
In what way? The aircraft was a disaster!
Yet it still managed to account for itself in the face of overwhelming superiority.
In what way? The aircraft was a disaster!
Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:52 am
Jerry O'Neill wrote:Just call it "The Drake Bullet".
That's the only name I've ever heard it called except for the AT-12 Guardsman.
Jerry
That name was made up for the movie Test Pilot starring Clark Gable , Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracey.
Great movie with some really good shots of the airplane.