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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 engine. [1] The first aircraft flew on 6 February 1933 and was handed over to the navy for trials three months later.
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 ...
The Kawanishi H8K [a] is a flying boat used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was " Emily ". The Kawanishi H8K was a large, four- engine aircraft designed for long range and extended endurance on patrols or bombing missions typically flown alone over ...
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's design, with the company designation Kawanishi Type T was a single-engined tractor configuration biplane of all-metal construction. Its single-bay wings, which folded backwards for storage on ship, were based on those of the Kawanishi E7K reconnaissance floatplane, while the Nakajima Kotobuki radial engine was mounted forward of the ...
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 ...
The Japanese military aircraft designation systems for the Imperial period (pre-1945) had multiple designation systems for each armed service. This led to the Allies' use of code names during World War II, and these code names are still better known in English-language texts than the real Japanese names for the aircraft.
The Aichi AB-6, or Aichi Experimental 7-Shi Reconnaissance Seaplane, was a prototype Japanese reconnaissance floatplane.It was a single-engined, three-seat biplane intended for the Imperial Japanese Navy, but only one was built, the rival aircraft from Kawanishi, the E7K being preferred.