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Nagoya Airport Museum, Nagoya, Japan April 2000

Also visited the Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum that is very close to the Kawasaki Aircraft factory. Outdoors there are a US-1A Rescue Aircraft, a P2J Neptune, and helicopters. Indoors, there is a very unusual STOL aircraft, "Asuka", that ports the jet exhaust over the top rear of the wing to increase lift.

Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum - Page 4

US-1A Left Side (26K)       US-1A Right Side (23K)   US-1A Right Main Gear (33K)    US-1A Engine (24K)       US-1A Nose Gear (29K)

US-1A Right Wing Float (18K)    US-1A Right Tail (21K)

It was amazing that the indoor photos turned out because the only film I had left was ASA 100 and the exposure time was like 1 second.

Asuka STOL Right Front (38K)     Asuka STOL Front (44K)     Asuka STOL Right Rear (50K)

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