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The prototype Kokusai Ta-Go made its first flight on 25 June 1945. The testing showed some handling issues, but after revision, a set of blueprints were drawn up for production. Meanwhile, the Japanese Army had given its approval to Mizuyama's original, larger, Ta-Go design, and Tachikawa began work on another prototype of the larger design. [9]
The record should have gone to civilian (former military) pilot Charles Myers, who flew a Delta Dart at 2,485 kilometres per hour (1,544 mph) in 1959, but Cold War pressures dictated that the award go to an active-military pilot. [39] [40] [41] 22 November 1961: Robert B. Robinson, US Navy: 1,606.3: 2,585.1: McDonnell-Douglas F4H-1F Phantom II
The two young pilots who died in the training flight have been identified as Hiram deFries, 22, a Punahou School graduate from Papakolea, and Preston Kaluhiwa, 26, a Kamehameha Schools graduate.
The MXY-7 Navy Suicide Attacker Ohka was a manned flying bomb that was usually carried underneath a Mitsubishi G4M2e Model 24J "Betty" bomber to within range of its target. . On release, the pilot would first glide towards the target and when close enough he would fire the Ohka ' s three solid-fuel rockets, one at a time or in unison, [4] and fly the missile towards the ship that he intended ...
NHK reported the plane was JAL Flight 516, which had taken off from New Chitose Airport in the northern Japanese region of Hokkaido at 4:15 p.m. local time (2:15 a.m. ET), according to FlightAware.
A man whose wife was on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. has revealed the final text he received from her before the crash.. On ...
The Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi (剣, "sabre") [5] is a one-man kamikaze aircraft that was developed by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force during the closing stages of World War II in 1945. The Imperial Japanese Navy called this aircraft Tōka (藤花, " Wisteria Blossom").
The deadly midair crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., killed 67 people, including three soldiers on board the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the passenger plane.