Tachibana - Kikka

Japanese: 橘花 - きっか
Tachibana - Kikka
Japan's first jet fighter took flight in 1945, just before the end of World War II. The Japanese Navy had been researching jet aircraft since around 1939, and in 1944, using data brought back from Germany by submarine, they developed the jet engine "Ne-20" and commissioned Nakajima Aircraft to design a twin-engine aircraft to be equipped with two of these engines. The prototype, which had engine pods on the undersides of both wings, made a test flight at Kisarazu Airfield on August 7, 1945, flying at an altitude of 600m at a speed of 314km/h and completing a lap around Kisarazu in 11 minutes. The second test on August 11 failed to take off and was damaged, and the third test was scheduled for August 15, but the war ended and the test was canceled. Japan's first jet aircraft only made one flight. Engine thrust 475kg each, overall length 9.25m, overall width 10m, crew 1, maximum speed 680km/h, ceiling 10,600m, range approximately 600km.

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Japanese:
第2次世界大戦末期,1945年の終戦ぎりぎりに飛んだ日本初のジェット戦闘機。日本海軍は 1939年頃からジェット機の研究にとりかかり,1944年ドイツから潜水艦で持ち帰った資料も加えてジェットエンジン「ネ-20」をつくり上げ,これを2基搭載する双発機の設計を中島飛行機に依頼した。左右の主翼下面にエンジン・ポッドをつけた試作機は 1945年8月7日,木更津飛行場で試験飛行を行ない,高度 600mを時速 314kmで飛び,11分間で木更津を一周した。8月 11日2度目の試験は離陸に失敗して破損,3度目は8月 15日の予定だったが終戦となって,試験も中止された。日本が初めて開発したジェット機はただ1度の飛行に終わったのである。エンジン推力各 475kg,全長 9.25m,全幅 10m,乗員1,最大速度時速 680km,上昇限度1万 600m,航続距離約 600km。

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