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Role	Fighter
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Seversky
First flight	15 August 1935
Introduction	1937
Retired	September 1952 (Swedish Air Force)
Primary users	United States Army Air Corps Philippine Army Air Corps Swedish Air Force
Number built	196
Developed from	Seversky SEV-3
Variants	Seversky A8V
Developed into	Republic P-43 Lancer

When the USAAC announced a competition for a new single-seat fighter in 1935, Seversky sent the SEV-2XP, confident it would win despite being a two-seater. However, the aircraft was damaged on 18 June 1935 during its transit to the fly-offs at Wright Field. To compete with the Curtiss Model 75, a single-seat aircraft with retractable undercarriage, Seversky rebuilt the aircraft into the single seat SEV-1XP, replacing the SEV-2XP's fixed landing gear with a retractable undercarriage where the mainwheels retracted backwards into the wing, and an 850 hp (634 kW) R-1820-G5 replacing the -F3 of the SEV-2XP. The SEV-1XP was delivered to Wright Field on 15 August for evaluation, which was generally successful, although the Cyclone failed to deliver its rated power and the SEV-1XP only reached 289 mph (465 km/h) rather than the 300 mph (483 km/h) predicted by Seversky.

The origins of the P-35 can be traced back to the Seversky SEV-3 three-seat amphibian, designed by Alexander Kartveli, Seversky's chief designer and Seversky's first aircraft. The SEV-3 first flew in June 1933 and was developed into the Seversky BT-8 basic trainer, 30 of which were ordered by the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) in 1935. This proved grossly underpowered and was quickly replaced by the North American BT-9.

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Republic Aviation Corporation. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company

Republic Aviation Corporation. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company
Seversky P-35 is an American fighter aircraft

General Info

Crew: One
Length: 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
Height: 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Wing area: 220 sq ft (20 m²)

Powerplant

Empty weight: 2,075 kg) Gross weight: (2,775 kg) Max takeoff weight: (3,050 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-45 Twin Wasp radial engine, 1,050 hp

Performance

Maximum speed: (470 km/h, 252 kn) at 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
Cruise speed: 260 mph (420 km/h
Range: (1,530 km, 830 nmi)
Service ceiling: (9,600 m)
Rate of climb: 1,920 ft/min
Wing loading: 27.8 lb/sq ft

Armament

- Guns: 2 x 0.30 in (7.62 mm) M1919 Browning machine guns; 2 x 0.50 in (12.7 mm) Browning M2/AN machine guns
- Bombs: up to 350 lb (160 kg) of bombs

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The origins of the P-35 can be traced back to the Seversky SEV-3 three-seat amphibian, designed by Alexander Kartveli, Seversky's chief designer and Seversky's first aircraft.

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The Swedish Air Force received 60 J 9s in the spring-summer 1940. The aircraft were operated alongside other units assigned to the Svea Air Force Wing (F 8) protecting Stockholm,

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In late December 1941, most of the remaining strength of the Army Air Force in the Philippines was evacuated to airfields on the Bataan Peninsula.

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