Mitsubishi Ki-20: a bomber variant of the Junkers G 38

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Junkers G-38

G-38 Junkers 1929 succeeded in the construction of the largest land flight train in the world. His competitor - Claudius Dornier - also presented a giant of the skies in the same year with the commercial airliner Do X, which, however, required a large body of water to take off and land. The...

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Hi! G.38 D-2500.

 

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This photo shows the Japanese Imperial Army Type 92 heavy bomber exhibited at the Air Expo held at the Futako Amusement Park in the suburbs of Tokyo in April 1941.
Left wing two radiators for outer engine were retracted.
Next picture shows flight scene. I can see exhaust pipe shape in this photo.
And one of the enlarged image.
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Source : Japanese Aviation History, Mainichi News Paper.

 

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Hi! Survived Ki-20 propeller.

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岐阜市の民家にあった大きな木製プロペラ、実はドイツの巨大旅客機をベースに戦前の日本で改修設計しライセンス製造された大型爆撃機に使われたものでした。しかも、ドイツ製の原型機は、スタジオジブリのアニメ映画にも登場しています。

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At the end of 2021, a wooden two-bladed propeller that had been stored under the eaves of a private house in Gifu City for a long time was donated to Kakamigahara City, which is adjacent to the city of Kakamigahara, where the aircraft industry is thriving. This propeller is a huge one with a total length of 4 m 50 cm and a width of 35.5 cm, protected by a metal plate on the leading edge. It is a size that can be held by three adults, and the situation is introduced in the local newspaper with photos.

At first, the propeller was unknown, but an investigation by the Gifu Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum in Kakamigahara City revealed that it was used for a large Type 92 heavy bomber deployed by the IJA in the early 1930s. Although the propeller has two blades, it is said that the two are connected in a cross shape in the form of a cross and used as a four-blade propeller. In addition, since the Type 92 heavy bomber was equipped with four engines, eight of these huge two-bladed propellers were used per aircraft.

 

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【空宙博】岐阜かかみがはら航空宇宙博物館公式ウェブサイト

空宙（そら）への憧れをお届けする岐阜かかみがはら航空宇宙博物館の公式ウェブサイトです。館の情報やお知らせを皆さんにお届けします。

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It might be worth noting that the Ki-20 was one of the aircraft portrayed in a gorgeous 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film / fictionalised animated biographical film depicting the life of a world famous aircraft designer, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Horikoshi Jirō.

Kaze Tachinu / The Wind Rises was written and directed by one of the most famous and best filmmakers in the history of animation, Miyazaki Hayao (1941-).

Indeed, Hugo Junkers was a minor character in that film.

 

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Hi! You can see these aircraft in "Kazetachinu".

「風立ちぬ」に登場する航空機、人物　写真特集：時事ドットコム

九六式艦上戦闘機　１９３４（昭和９）年に三菱重工業が開発を始めた九試単座戦闘機は、３６（昭和１１）年に九六式艦上戦闘機として日本海軍に制式採用された。日本海軍としては初の全金属製単葉戦闘機。日中戦争では中国軍が使用した欧米製の航空機をしのぐ性能を発揮し、世界的にも注目された。三菱重工業で設計を担当したのは堀越二郎技師で、大きな速力と上昇力を実現するため、設計に当たっては機体の軽量化と空気抵抗の低減に力を注いだ。その結果、引き締まった胴体、薄い楕円形の主翼が生まれ、機体表面に突起が出ない沈頭鋲（ち

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Hi! Junkers L.88 engine, and the IJA weapon pictorial at the day.

 

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