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Hi! The Manshu koku MT-1 Hayabusa (falcon) Transport-plane.
Manshu Airlines Co., Ltd. was established on September 26, 1932, and started operations from November 3, in order to carry out regular military air transportation for the Kanto Army stationed in northeastern China in Manchuria.
Furthermore, the aviation factory, which expanded the repair factory of Manshu Airlines Co., Ltd., was manufacturing military aircraft for the Army, but in 1938 it became independent as Manshu Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
At the company factory of Manshu Airlines, the next generation passenger aircraft, which replaces the Fokker Super Universal passenger aircraft used at the time, was prototype-developed and manufactured in-house from the beginning of 1935.
The development of this airliner was proposed by Tsuneo Kodama, Vice President of the Manshu Aviation Headquarters, Saburo Nagabuchi Factory Manager, and Kizo Takeishi Technical Section Manager. Then, from 1934, we started the trial research.
The prototype was completed in December 1936, and made its first flight at the Toto Airfield in Shenyang in the beginning of April 1937 by Minoru Kunieda pilot.
M of MT-1 is Manshu, T is the abbreviation of Transport. The popular name was "The Manshu koku MT-1 Hayabusa (falcon) Transport-plane".
This passenger plane was the first passenger plane (low-wing monoplane, retractable leg, equipped with flaps) developed by a Japanese company that advanced to China, and the engine was equipped with the Nakajima Aircraft's Kotobuki type II (450 horsepower).
In consideration of the increase in weight and malfunction of the wheel pull-in, the chain was wound up with a manual handle, but the operator's muscle load was large and the operation was not smooth, so the legs were fixed and the production machine was fixed wheel from the beginning.
The prototype had a capacity of one passenger, one engineer, and five passengers, but it was refurbished and the production machine had one passenger and six passengers, and the fixed wheels had a streamlined cover. Therefore, when the aircraft actually entered service, many aircraft lost their covers.
Since 1936, there had been 35 aircraft built by Manshu, and 15-20 aircraft by the Hiratsuka factory of Japan International Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., totaling around 50-55 aircraft.
Manshu factory made this aircraft for Manshu Airlines, Japan International Airlines made this aircraft for China Airlines, was used as a passenger aircraft for local flights until August 1945.
The engine cowling of the prototype was a warped cowling with a streamlined bulge on the valve protrusion, but on the production machine it was a smooth cowling without warts.
Source : ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPANESE AIRCRAFT VOL.7
Manshu Airlines Co., Ltd. was established on September 26, 1932, and started operations from November 3, in order to carry out regular military air transportation for the Kanto Army stationed in northeastern China in Manchuria.
Furthermore, the aviation factory, which expanded the repair factory of Manshu Airlines Co., Ltd., was manufacturing military aircraft for the Army, but in 1938 it became independent as Manshu Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
At the company factory of Manshu Airlines, the next generation passenger aircraft, which replaces the Fokker Super Universal passenger aircraft used at the time, was prototype-developed and manufactured in-house from the beginning of 1935.
The development of this airliner was proposed by Tsuneo Kodama, Vice President of the Manshu Aviation Headquarters, Saburo Nagabuchi Factory Manager, and Kizo Takeishi Technical Section Manager. Then, from 1934, we started the trial research.
The prototype was completed in December 1936, and made its first flight at the Toto Airfield in Shenyang in the beginning of April 1937 by Minoru Kunieda pilot.
M of MT-1 is Manshu, T is the abbreviation of Transport. The popular name was "The Manshu koku MT-1 Hayabusa (falcon) Transport-plane".
This passenger plane was the first passenger plane (low-wing monoplane, retractable leg, equipped with flaps) developed by a Japanese company that advanced to China, and the engine was equipped with the Nakajima Aircraft's Kotobuki type II (450 horsepower).
In consideration of the increase in weight and malfunction of the wheel pull-in, the chain was wound up with a manual handle, but the operator's muscle load was large and the operation was not smooth, so the legs were fixed and the production machine was fixed wheel from the beginning.
The prototype had a capacity of one passenger, one engineer, and five passengers, but it was refurbished and the production machine had one passenger and six passengers, and the fixed wheels had a streamlined cover. Therefore, when the aircraft actually entered service, many aircraft lost their covers.
Since 1936, there had been 35 aircraft built by Manshu, and 15-20 aircraft by the Hiratsuka factory of Japan International Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., totaling around 50-55 aircraft.
Manshu factory made this aircraft for Manshu Airlines, Japan International Airlines made this aircraft for China Airlines, was used as a passenger aircraft for local flights until August 1945.
The engine cowling of the prototype was a warped cowling with a streamlined bulge on the valve protrusion, but on the production machine it was a smooth cowling without warts.
Source : ENCYCLOPEDIA OF JAPANESE AIRCRAFT VOL.7
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