PROFILE # 14

THE BOEING P-26A

(PETER M. BOWERS)

This series was started back in the early 1960s and takes the form of a small format, soft cover booklet with 12 or more pages.  Illustrations are generally black & white photographs (though some later ones had some colour) with two or more pages of colour profiles.  In addition, summaries of aircraft specification, performance and armament are detailed.  Many of these booklets can still be a useful reference tool and are highly sought-after little books are an invaluable resource for aviation historians, modellers and collectors alike.

Contents:

            The Design is Approved

          Structural Details

          Prototype Performance

          Production Begins

          The Export “Peashooter”

Pages:  12  (23.5cm x 17.5cm)

Condition:  Very good, staples rust-free and sound with all pages secured.  Some light rubbing to spine and ink staining on back cover page from the front page of copy stored below it; common on these early publications where the pink / red ink from the front cover page wasn’t 100% sealed.

Publication:  1965