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Kawanishi. Самолеты от K-1 до K-12
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Пять двухместных поплавковых монопланов K-8 с крылом типа парасоль использовались для перевозки почты, начиная с 1926 года, а два самолета K-8B с доработанным фюзеляжем совершили пропагандистский тур по Японии, после чего их передали авиакомпании "Japan Airline Company".
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- Kawanishi. Самолеты от K-1 до K-12
- The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45
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Air-Britain Archive 1995-04 / The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 /Japanese Civil Register/ (1)
Регистрационный номер: J-COAC J-COAC was a Kawanishi K-8A parasol-wing monoplane, one of five floatplanes used by NKKK as long-range mailplanes between Osaka and Fukuoka following the success of the K-7A.
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Air-Britain Archive 1995-04 / The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 /Japanese Civil Register/ (1)
Регистрационный номер: J-TUTU [3], J-BDAF [3] Kawanishi K-8B J-TUTU partnered K-8B J-TUST in a round-Japan flight commencing 10.4.27 to promote aviation. After re-registration, as J-BDAF and J-BDAE, they were used on regular NKKK services until April 1929
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Air-Britain Archive 1998-01 / The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 /Japanese Civil Register/ (10)
Регистрационный номер: J-BDAE [3], J-TUST [3] Kawanishi K-8B J-BDAE moored to a stake on the shoreline, shows the long-span wing and extensive strutting supporting it, the drag of which was undoubtedly a factor in its unsatisfactory performance.
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Air-Britain Archive 2000-03 / T.Fujita - The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 /Japanese Civil Register/ (18)
Регистрационный номер: J-TUST [3], J-TUTU [3], J-BDAE [3], J-BDAF [3] The Kawanishi K-8B seaplanes J-TUST ("Giyu No.1") c/n 6 and J-TUTU ("Giyu No.2") c/n 7 on their beaching trollies at Osaka. These aircraft were ordered by the Teikoku Kaibo Gikai (Imperial Maritime Defence Volunteer Association) and operated by Nippon Koku KK (Japan Aviation Co Ltd) which was actually a Kawanishi-owned company. Together the two K-8Bs made a public demonstration flight around Japan, completing two separate circuits from Osaka, one in April and the other in May 1927, a total of over 4,500 km amid great publicity.
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Maybach M IVa six-cyl water-cooled inline
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Air-Britain Archive 2000-03 / T.Fujita - The Japanese Civil Register 1919-45 /Japanese Civil Register/ (18)
Регистрационный номер: J-TUST [3], J-TUTU [3], J-BDAE [3], J-BDAF [3]
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