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ALEXANDER DE SEVERSKY
"The Roman Empire at the apex of its glory flourished in the era of land power. The British Empire flourished in the age of sea power. Thus our United States, in the epoch of airpower, will flourish only on the basis of matchless airpower. Every American – man, woman and child – must be an airman in his heart."
– Alexander DeSeversky
Facts:
-Born in Tifflis, Russia in 1894, grew up near St. Petersburg. His father was a wealthy poet and actor with an interest in mechanical things.
-Attended the Imperial Naval Academy of Russia, graduating in 1914.
-Became a Russian Naval Aviator during World War I, lost a leg in combat, went on to destroying 13 German aircraft (while flying with an artificial leg). He was the leading Russian Naval Ace of World War I and he won Russia’s highest military honors.
-Appointed to a Russian Aviation Commission and was sent to the U. S. in 1918. Due to the Russian Revolution which
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“I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability, but the mental condition which it induces. The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating.”
Alexander de Seversky
When thinking of the names of pioneering innovators who made their mark on history through their intellect, vision, or a brilliant invention, the names Edison, Bell, and Curie may come to mind. Of lesser notoriety, but no less a visionary, was Russian emigre Alexander P. de Seversky, a man of steadfast determination and foresight who in his lifetime became a legendary figure in the world of civil and military aviation. A tireless advocate for American airpower, de Seversky bestowed upon his adopted country some of the world’s most outstanding aircraft designs and concepts to substantially advance the technology of aviation in the 20th Century.
Born to an aristocratic family in Tiffis, Russia in 1894, Alexander Procofieff de Seversky entered militar
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Seversky P-35
1935 fighter aircraft series by Seversky
The Seversky P-35 is an American fighter aircraft built by the Seversky Aircraft Company in the late 1930s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, the P-35 was the first single-seat fighter in United States Army Air Corps to feature all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, and an enclosed cockpit.
Design and development
[edit]The origins of the P-35 can be traced back to the Seversky SEV-3 three-seat amphibian, designed bygd Alexander Kartveli, Seversky's ledare 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.[2] This proved grossly underpowered and was quickly replaced by the North American BT-9.[3]
The second prototype SEV-3 was completed as a two-seat fighter derivative, the SEV-2XP. It was powered by a 735