What is this?

[Ghery]

Here's a plane I haven't seen before. Any guesses?

And I hate seeing an airplane treated this way. They are supposed to be flying, not hanging from the ceiling.

 

[Ghery]

And, sitting on the floor next to it...

 

[ScottM]

I know about JA307 but it has nothing to do with this plane. Any markers near it?

 

[Ghery]

I know about JA307 but it has nothing to do with this plane. Any markers near it?

I just take pictures. And, I do have one of the sign for the plane in reserve, so I do know what it is.

 

[cessna182b]

Here's a plane I haven't seen before. Any guesses?

And I hate seeing an airplane treated this way. They are supposed to be flying, not hanging from the ceiling.

Beech Fuji Mentor?
Here is a link to a photo of one:

http://www.westernaviationreport.com/aircraftforsale.htm

The Japanese built a 4-seat version of the T-34. I've seen a couple of them for sale (and saw one at Oshkosh a few years ago)

Dave

 

[Ghery]

Beech Fuji Mentor?
Here is a link to a photo of one:

http://www.westernaviationreport.com/aircraftforsale.htm

The Japanese built a 4-seat version of the T-34. I've seen a couple of them for sale (and saw one at Oshkosh a few years ago)

Dave

Nope. Not that plane. This one is a retract tail dragger.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Nope. Not that plane. This one is a retract tail dragger.

Looks like a two-seater too, judging by the single side window.

The cowl has that Comanche/old Mooney wide-open look to it, but I think that suggests an era rather than a manufacturer.

I dunno what it is.

 

[Ghery]

Hint - built in 1953 by a company one associates with something other than airplanes...

 

[gkainz]

1953 company - Hoover? Wearing? Oster? Johnson & Johnson? Electrolux? Sunbeam?

 

[ScottM]

1953 company - Hoover? Wearing? Oster? Johnson & Johnson? Electrolux? Sunbeam?

Sony, Sanyo, Bandai, Takara, Fuji

 

[gkainz]

ah, so, so sorry... Mitsubishi? Fuji? ahhhah! Fuji!

"FHI was established on July 15, 1953 when five Japanese companies joined to form..." from http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Fuji-Heavy-Industries

nevermind - I didn't read the posts above either ...

 

[steingar]

Its a airplane.

 

[Ghery]

Hint - built in 1953 by a company one associates with something other than airplanes...

The company is better known (at least to me) for motorcycles...

 

[Steve]

KAL-1

First post-war civilian aircraft built in Japan by Kawasaki.

http://www.kyosho.com/eng/products/rc/detail.html?product_id=102666

Another image of the aircraft appears at the bottom of the page on

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955 - 0411.html

with a brief discussion in the second paragraph of the following page

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1955/1955 - 0412.html

 

[TangoWhiskey]

Looks like Steve nailed it. I wonder why Kawasaki's history page calls it a "shuttle plane"? For shuttling back and forth between regional airports and major ones, perhaps?

http://www.khi.co.jp/aero/history/history_e.html

1953 The maiden flight of KAL-1 shuttle plane.

 

[Ghery]

KAL-1

First post-war civilian aircraft built in Japan by Kawasaki.

http://www.kyosho.com/eng/products/rc/detail.html?product_id=102666

Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. You got it nailed.

And you found more information on that web site than I got in the museum. But, the museum seemed more oriented to trains (including displaying the first Shinkansen Model 0).

 

[flyersfan31]

Kawasaki? Let the good times roll!!!

It looks a bit Globe Swift-ish.

 

[vontresc]

Hmm this looks like the HP retract tail dragger that Kent is looking for. Plus he might actually fit

 

[Ghery]

Hmm this looks like the HP retract tail dragger that Kent is looking for. Plus he might actually fit

Yeah, but getting it out of that museum and back to airworthy condition might be a serious trick.