Mitsubishi « Kamikaze-go »: a civilian Ki-15 for the Tokyo-London flight

Graham1973

Graham1973

ACCESS: Top Secret
Senior Member
Joined
16 December 2010
Messages
2,848
Reaction score
2,101
I'd be interested in finding details on a high-speed long range plane from the 1930's. I'm not sure of the manufacturer, but it set the record for a Tokyo - London Flight in 1937.

It's name gave the title to one of the more enjoyable piano concertos of the same period, Hisato Ohzawa's Piano Concerto Nº. 3 "Kamikaze"....

The cd cover below has a photograph of the plane:

557416.gif
 
It's Kamikaze-go.(神風号)
Asahi news paper company asked the IJA to use Mitsubishi Ki-15, 97-shiki world's first strategic reconnaissance aircraft N0.2 as Tokyo London friendship flight plane. Kamikaze-go took off Tokyo Tachikawa air port, landed London in 19th of April 1937.
Flight time was 94hour 17 minutes 56 seconds.(including gas charge time, etc)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9zuMjJnSto
 
Hi! The explanation of Mitsubishi Ki15.


The flight route: Tokyo(Tachikawa)-Taipei-Hanoi-Calcutta-Baghdad-Rome-Paris-London
It's also sightseeing flight for crew. ;D


http://www.colesaircraft.com/ki15.html
 

Attachments

  • kamikaze-go.jpg
    kamikaze-go.jpg
    767.7 KB · Views: 161
  • mitsubishi-ki-15-kamikaze.jpg
    mitsubishi-ki-15-kamikaze.jpg
    109.1 KB · Views: 163
  • kamikaze go.jpg
    kamikaze go.jpg
    44 KB · Views: 155
Thanks to everyone who responded, that clears it up. I've found a copy of the concerto online at youtube, if anyone is interested just PM me and I'll link it to the thread.
 
New topic split from the old "Japanese Projects before 1945" thread...
 

Similar threads

Back
Top Bottom