Seversky Aircraft Company Jeon-1 Noeun
Length: 8.2 m
Wingspan: 11.0 m
Height: 3.0 m
Powerplant: 1 x Tonghwa Seong-4 radial engine, 1,050 hp
Speed: 470 km/h
Range: 1,500 km
Service Ceiling: 9,600 m
Max Weight: 3,050 kg
Armament: 2 x 6.5mm machine guns, 2 x 12.7mm machine guns, up to 160 kg of bombs
The first fully domesticly designed and produced fighter of Korea, named "Noeun" ("Thunder Cloud", 뇌운/雷雲). Featuring all-metal construction, retractable landing gear and an enclosed cockpit, it was the breakthrough aircraft for the Seversky Aircraft Company of Harbin, allowing it to enter the miltiary aviation industry. Alexander de Seversky co-designed the Noeun with his chief designer Alexander Kartvelishvili, and entered the competition announced by the KJUH (Imperial Korean Air Corps) for a new single-seat fighter in 1931. While more expensive than the Messerschmitt and Daihan designs, the Seversky was a clear winner of the Air Corps' competition, with an order for 80 fighters being placed in 1932. Despite rapid obsolescence as a fighter design due to technological advances, persistent fuel leaks from the wet wing, and lack of armor and self-sealing fuel tanks, it was nevertheless appreciated by KJUH aviators for its ruggedness, and fought with distinction in the beginning days of the Sino-Korean War. Further development would lead to its successor, Jeon-2 Noeu.
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