Kamikaze-go

Japanese: 神風号 - かみかぜごう
Kamikaze-go

A domestically produced two-seater high-speed communication plane that set an international record for a domestically produced aircraft on a Tokyo-London flight in 1937 (Showa 12). Many record-breaking flights were made during the development of aircraft in the 1930s, and this was one of them, planned by the Asahi Shimbun Company. It departed from Tachikawa (Tokyo) on April 6th and arrived in London on the 10th (Japan time). It flew 15,357 km in 94 hours, 17 minutes, and 56 seconds (actual flight time 51 hours, 19 minutes, and 23 seconds). The crew consisted of pilot Iinuma Masaaki (1912-1941) and engineer Tsukagoshi Kenji (1900-1943). The model was the Mitsubishi Shikarigane type, and the name Kamikaze was chosen from 4.74 million votes. The same type of aircraft was later adopted by both the Army and the Navy as the Ki-15 Type 97 Command Reconnaissance Aircraft, and over 500 were produced. It had a wingspan of 12 meters, a total length of 8.5 meters, a weight of about 2 tons, a 550 horsepower engine, a maximum speed of 480 kilometers per hour, and a range of 2,400 kilometers.

[Kazuo Ochiai]

Kamikaze
It successfully flew from Tokyo to London with an actual flight time of 51 hours, 19 minutes and 23 seconds, landing at 11 locations along the way. It was then used for reporting and contact flights, but was eventually lost after making an emergency landing near Taiwan .

Kamikaze


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

1937年(昭和12)東京―ロンドン間の連絡飛行で、国産機による国際記録を樹立した、国産の2人乗り高速通信連絡機。1930年代の航空機発展期に多くの記録飛行が行われたが、これもその一つで朝日新聞社が計画したものである。4月6日立川(東京)を出発し、10日(日本時間)ロンドン到着。1万5357キロメートルを94時間17分56秒(実飛行時間51時間19分23秒)で飛行した。乗員は操縦士飯沼(いいぬま)正明(1912―1941)、機関士塚越賢爾(けんじ)(1900―1943)の2名。型式は三菱雁(みつびしかりがね)型といい、神風の名称は474万通の投票のなかから選ばれた。同型機はその後キ‐15九七式司令部偵察機として陸軍だけでなく海軍にも制式採用され、500機余り生産された。翼幅12メートル、全長8.5メートル、重量約2トン、550馬力エンジンを備え、最大時速480キロメートル、航続距離2400キロメートルであった。

[落合一夫]

神風号
東京―ロンドン間を途中11か所に着陸しながら、実飛行時間51時間19分23秒で飛行に成功。その後、取材や連絡飛行に活躍したが、最後は台湾近海に不時着して失われた©Shogakukan">

神風号


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