31 January 2013, 07:19
SR4759Good photo of Japanese J7W - VIDEO ADDED
31 January 2013, 20:56
MarkGreat picture, thanks for posting it.
Does anyone know what that patch sewn on the sleeve of the tallest engineer might signify?
03 February 2013, 06:16
D HumbargerHow about those canard wings.
03 February 2013, 07:01
TCLouisDoes anyone have a picture of the complete plane.
Any technical info?
03 February 2013, 07:23
SR4759It is called the J7W1 Shinden
Total flight time at the wars end was about 45 mins. There is some information on the net about it and other photos. Many photos do not have people so you do not get a sense of the its size.
04 February 2013, 02:42
SR4759It is truly amazing what you can find on youtube
Kyushu J7W1 Shinden video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJs1O2HSosE 04 February 2013, 03:40
Grizzly AdamsAny ideas what happened to it? Sounds like the kind of thing the Americans would have hauled home.
Grizz
04 February 2013, 09:35
SR4759In 1998 it was reported to be located at Building 7 of the U.S. National Air And Space Museum Garber Facility in Suitland, Maryland.
It is currently in storage at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC.