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beneath it and with a two-bladed propeller. Room was found for four passenger seats in an enclosed cabin between the wings. The fuselage was flat-sided, with rounded decking, and the tail was conventional, with a blunted rectangular
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Japanese passenger and mail transport. Two were built, one briefly serving a route between cities in Japan, Korea and China.
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carrying mail on the Osaka - Seoul - Dalian (Derien) route, completing six of these tours before retirement.
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and slender legs, fitted with conspicuous, square shock absorbers, were mounted on the lower fuselage.
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Aviation Day display, carrying passengers to enhance
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on each side. The wing centre-section and fuselage were joined by two N--form
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16:Japanese civil transport aircraft
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753:Single-engined tractor aircraft
213:Specifications (Maybach engine)
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758:1920s Japanese civil aircraft
330:6,000 m (20,000 ft)
276:1,762 kg (3,885 lb)
270:1,057 kg (2,330 lb)
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363:Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941
220:Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941
170:It had fixed, conventional
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163:and narrow, rectangular
99:Kawanishi K-10 Transport
584:Suicide attack aircraft
225:General characteristics
105:Design and development
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182:Operational history
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262:Wing area:
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238:Capacity:
218:Data from
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124:It was a
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748:Biplanes
715:aircraft
563:Trainers
426:Fighters
420:aircraft
156:radiator
256:Height:
244:Length:
128:with a
688:George
654:Sakura
547:(AM19)
463:Shiden
461:N1K-J
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288:inline
195:Kansai
165:rudder
693:Mavis
683:Emily
678:Belle
652:K-12
591:Baika
553:Shiun
551:E15K
502:K-200
455:Kyofu
447:Jinpu
232:Crew:
115:Seoul
111:Osaka
44:Japan
27:Role
727:US-2
698:Norm
647:K-10
632:K-7A
545:E13K
539:E11K
533:E10K
498:K-60
453:N1K
445:J6K
433:K-11
416:and
367:ISBN
324:7 hr
282:1 ×
97:The
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673:Alf
642:K-9
637:K-8
627:K-6
622:K-5
617:K-3
612:K-2
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575:K8K
570:K6K
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234:one
161:fin
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