I have a picture (Thunderbolt, a documentary history. Roger Freeman) that shows an image of the seversky “SEV-1XP”, later ordered as the P-35 shown as the British experimental demonstrator at martlesham heath, March 1939.
I was curious, I know that Seversky were pitching to sell, and sold some to Sweden, some to Japan (ironic..they hated them it seems) but was it a private venture trip, it was before lend-lease visits I think, to buy P-39, Hudsons, P-38’s etc and anything else that would fly – it carries a civil registration but not much else. P-35 wouldn’t have been much use to the RAF then I guess, any ideas, suggestions etc?:confused:
By: SierraEchoFred - 20th March 2008 at 11:36
Here’s a picture of a P35 that Kermit Weeks is currently restoring at his Fantasy Of Flight facility in Polk County Florida. He supposedly traded for it with the Air Force Museum several years back. I’ll try to post some video of them restoring it if I can.
Cheers, Praz
Pls do 🙂
This a/c isn’t a “real” P-35A in historic sence – it is a former Swedish J 9, Fv-no. 2126.
http://www.avrosys.nu/aircraft/Jakt/109J9.htm
A pic of NX2586.
From aerofiles.com:
2PA-B, -BX aka SEV-1-68 1938 = Similar to 2PA-A. POP: 20 2PA-B exported to Japan, and 2 as -BX European demonstrators [NX2586/2587], which brought a substantial order from Sweden.
By: Arabella-Cox - 19th March 2008 at 14:55
P35 Restoration by Kermit Weeks
Here’s a picture of a P35 that Kermit Weeks is currently restoring at his Fantasy Of Flight facility in Polk County Florida. He supposedly traded for it with the Air Force Museum several years back. I’ll try to post some video of them restoring it if I can.
Cheers, Praz
By: BSG-75 - 19th March 2008 at 13:19
thank you both
“A BRITISH Air Ministry team was introduced to the planes a Martlesham Air Base in Suffolk, before Seversky flew the EPI-68 to Southampton, to Supermarine’s Woolston factory. There its’ top test pilot flew the plane, while Seversky flew Supermarine’s Spitfire for 30 minutes.”
from your link, Jeffry Quill was top pilot? alex henshaw? thanks anyway, curious
By: wieesso - 19th March 2008 at 05:49
Thought it was either
NX-2586, a SEV-2PA-BX, c/n 146 built 1938
or
NX-2587, a SEV-1-68, c/n 147 built 1938
‘…NX2587…NX2586 was to be shipped off to Europe for a flying sales and demonstration tour….A BRITISH Air Ministry team was introduced to the planes a Martlesham Air Base in Suffolk, before Seversky flew the EPI-68 to Southampton, to Supermarine’s Woolston factory.’
http://longislandearlyfliers.org/news_archive/04december_at12.html
In Aeromil No.3/2000 was an article and a photo of NX-2586 at Martlesham
www.ab-ix.co.uk/Aeromil%20Index.doc
By: Distiller - 19th March 2008 at 05:21
Was called EP-1 then.
Probably on the way to Sweden.
RAF didn’t evaluate that model till early summer 1940.
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