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Aero division of the old Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. then and now.
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住友精密工業株式会社
住友精密工業 | JAXA新事業促進部
Sources:
住友精密工業株式会社
住友精密工業 | JAXA新事業促進部
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F.120 Jabiru. A French sesquiplane airliner that just might be the ugliest aircraft ever made. (Ca. 1925)
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This aircraft was part of the response to a 1929/1930 Air Corps Circular design proposal calling for submissions of an advanced new heavy bomber. By 1931 six manufactures responded with designs: Ford (XB-906), Fokker (XB-8), Douglas (XB-7), Keystone (XB-908), Boeing (XB-901, then XB-9) and Martin (XB-907 then XB-10). All but Keystones were evaluated as they only had wooden mock-up. One of the problems with the Ford was the nose gunner could not fire when the center engine was running. It was lost when a wing sheared off after a step turn. the Kestone's XB-908 was the last design they ever submitted to the Air Corps and after they delivered their final B-6 they folded.FORD XB-906 TRIMOTOR BOMBER e-bay Ford XB-906 bomber prototype (1931) This was a version of the 5-AT-C, proposed as a bomber and tested (or to be tested), with the XB-906 designation, by the USAAC. As you can see, it was registered as NX6523 and it crashed on 9 September 1931 during a test flight.View attachment 559783View attachment 559784View attachment 559785View attachment 559781View attachment 559782