Boeing P-12E The P-12 was the US Army’s last biplane fighter. Developed by the Boeing Airplane Company in the late 1920s, the P-12 served the United States’ Army Air Corps, Navy, and Marine Corps as a highly maneuverable pursuit plane and trainer in the 1930s. The P-12 evolved through five models (B through F) with the E and F models having an all-metal fuselage. Boeing built 366 P-12s, roughly a third of which were P-12Es. All variants of the aircraft retained wooden wings. First delivered to t

Restoration crews moved the Curtiss P-6E Hawk, Kellet K-2/K-3 Autogiro and the Boeing P-12E back into the Early Years Gallery this week. Check out the video! #avgeek | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

OK, Gang, here’s a short video of when I recently took the Boeing 100 fuselage over to the Museum Lite. I gave a bit of a presentation and then let people come out to look at it and ask questions. It was a fun time, and I should do it more often! | Kermit Weeks

OK, Gang, here’s a visit to Dave Teeters' shop in Salinas, California, to check on the progress of the P-35a center-section and for me to see my newly acquired Boeing P-12B project for the first time! The visit will provide you with insight into how we deal with the restoration process. Enjoy! You can also check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGAR_gXgScM | Kermit Weeks

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