A Japanese Purchased a Zero in the U.S.

[Old Wizard]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Awesome! Its so nice to see the plane back home.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks for the update Shinpachi

 

[Gnomey]

Thanks for the update shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Mr Yanagida in Chino, CA on April 11, 2017.
Thanks !

 

[Zippythehog]

A very fortunate pilot. The 22 was always, to my eye, the most aesthetically pleasing of the variants. It is great to see a flying A6M.

 

[Shinpachi]

An L.A. photographer introduces Yanagida in his blog.
Many more in Flickr.

 

[Shinpachi]

Mr Yanagida flew his zero many times in Tokyo last week.
He says he is going to train more Japanese pilots as an instructor.
Mitsubishi would be busy for reproduction of replicas in the future.

 

[Zippythehog]

Wow. I wonder if Mitsubishi would build the trainer variant. It would make an interesting tourist destination to fly a Zero in Japan.

 

[Venturi]

I was privileged to recently see this aircraft up close at Planes of Fame. Truly a great plane.

 

[Zippythehog]

My first attempt at Nishizawa-san's 22.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work!

 

[nuuumannn]

Terrific to see, Shinpachi, thank you.

Mitsubishi would be busy for reproduction of replicas in the future.

Wow! That's superb news! Any more info as to what will power them and has there been much interest?

 

[Shinpachi]

No more information than my hope for Mitsubishi.

 

[Wayne Little]

Fingers crossed...

 

[Zipper730]

That would have made the movie "The Final Countdown" way cooler...

 

[Rittmeister Von Hammer]

I was privileged to recently see this aircraft up close at Planes of Fame. Truly a great plane.

I saw one at the Abbotsford Airshow in 1974,I spoke to the owner,If I can recall I think it it was Cliff Robertson Hollywood actor.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Mitsubishi is not going to make new Zeros are they?

 

[Shinpachi]

No news about Zeros, Jim.
Mitsubishi is currently suffering from financial hardships because of marketing failure of MRJ - Mitsubishi Regional Jet.

 

[nuuumannn]

Hmm, a potted history here reveals some of the setbacks affecting the MRJ programme.

Mitsubishi SpaceJet - Wikipedia

Maybe Mitsubishi should build some Zeroes and sell them to rich Western warbird owners, a la Orenburg Yaks?