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In 1932 the Imperial Japanese Navy requested the Kawanishi Aircraft Company produce a replacement for the company's Kawanishi E5K as part of the 7-Shi program, which also produced the Hiro G2H. The resulting design, designated the Kawanishi E7K1, was an equal span biplane powered by a 462 kW (620 hp) Hiro Type 91 W-12 liquid-cooled inline ...
The company was founded as Kawanishi Engineering Works in 1920 in Hyōgo Prefecture as an outgrowth of the Kawanishi conglomerate, which had been funding the Nakajima Aircraft Company. Kawanishi built its first aircraft, the Kawanishi K-1 Mail-carrying Aircraft in 1921, and set up an airline, Nippon Koku K.K. (Japan Aviation Co. Ltd) in 1923 ...
Kawanishi E7K "Alf" Nakajima E8N "Dave" Watanabe E9W "Slim" Aichi E10A "Hank" Aichi E11A "Laura" Aichi E13A "Jake" Aichi E16A "Paul" Yokosuka E14Y "Glen" Mitsubishi ...
Kawanishi E7K Navy Type 94 Reconnaissance Seaplane: Alf 1933 533 IJN: Kawanishi E15K Shiun Navy Type 2 High-speed Reconnaissance Seaplane: Norm 1941 15 IJN: Kawanishi H6K Type 97 Large Flying Boat: Mavis 1936 215 IJN: Kawanishi H8K Type 2 Large Flying Boat: Emily 1941 167 IJN: Kawasaki Ki-10 Army Type 95 Fighter (used for reconnaissance during ...
Kawanishi H3K 1932 flying boat; Kawanishi E5K 1932 reconnaissance seaplane; Yokosuka E6Y 1932 submarine based floatplane; Kawanishi E7K Alf 1933 reconnaissance seaplane; Hiro H4H 1933 flying boat; Nakajima E8N Dave 1934 reconnaissance seaplane; Kawanishi H6K Mavis 1936 recon. flying boat; formerly - Navy Type 97 Flying Boat; Mitsubishi F1M Pete ...
Kawanishi E7K: 533: 1933: Navy: floatplane: shipboard reconnaissance: Allied reporting name Alf; used extensively from 1938 until the beginning of Pacific War, when E7K1s were relegated to second-line duties; E7K2 continued front-line service until retired, 1943; both versions used in kamikaze operations Kawanishi E10K: 1: 1934: Navy: flying ...
Older patients from an assisted living facility narrowly escaped the embers and flames from the Eaton Fire that burned their homes in Pasadena, California, on January 7, 2025. A long walk in the night
In 1937, the Imperial Japanese Navy requested the Kawanishi Aircraft Company and Aichi Kokuki to design a replacement for the Navy's E7K seaplanes. [2] Kawanishi's design, given the short designation E13K and long designation Kawanishi Navy 12-Shi Three-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane, was an all-metal, single-float seaplane armed with one Type 92 machine gun and either one bomb under the ...