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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.
What happened inside the Army Black Hawk helicopter in the moments before the fatal crash is key to unraveling the disaster as plane collision investigations begin. Investigation into deadly ...
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 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").
Jeju Air flight 7C2216, arriving from the Thai capital Bangkok with 175 passengers and six crew on board, was trying to land shortly after 9 a.m. (0000 GMT) at the airport in the south of the ...
Data from Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War General characteristics Crew: 2 Length: 8.78 m (28 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in) Height: 3.68 m (12 ft 1 in) Wing area: 27.7 m 2 (298 sq ft) Empty weight: 1,130 kg (2,491 lb) Gross weight: 1,650 kg (3,638 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Hitachi Amakaze 11 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 250 kW (340 hp) for take-off, 220 kW (300 hp) normal ...
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.
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 ...