Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Gnomey]

Good shots shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Update of the Kaga though it has taken 75 years.

Source:
航空母艦『加賀』 Aircraft Carrier Kaga : MONOCHROME SPECTER

https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2017/03/28/kaga-amagi_n_15653650.html

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

Hideo Itokawa (1912-1999).
Chief designer of Nakajima Ki-43.
Father of Japan's space rockets.

Source: Famous Airplanes of the World Vol 65

Source: 日本の宇宙開発の父 糸川英夫 生誕100年記念サイト 宇宙科学研究所

Source: 日本における宇宙開発のパイオニア・糸川英夫【前編】 | EMIRA

Source: 国際宇宙ステーションに関するトピックス：朝日新聞デジタル

 

[Shinpachi]

Takeo Doi (1904-1996)
Chief designer of Kawasaki Ki-61/100.
Contributed to the development of passenger planes and education of aircraft designers in the postwar.

Source: かかみがはら航空宇宙科学博物館 - ブナの中庭で

Source: Mechanic of World Aircraft vol 2

YS-11 prototype

Source: 零戦からYS−11そしてMRJへ

YS-11 variant for JSDF

Source: 航空自衛隊では現役 国産旅客機YS-11

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very cool!

 

[Capt. Vick]

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks David and Jim

Tadanao Miki (1909-2005)
Designer of Kugisyo P1Y Ginga and MXY-7 Ohka as Technical Lt Commander of IJN.
Chief designer of the bullet train Shinkansen in the postwar.

Source: 新幹線 半世紀の旅 : 読売新聞

Source: 『人間爆弾「桜花」最後の証言 2』

Source: 開業まで1年、超特急の製造大急ぎ: 〜2014 読売新聞が撮った夢の超特急（新幹線の半世紀） : 新幹線 半世紀の旅 : 読売新聞

 

[Wurger]

 

[jetcal1]

Thanks David and Jim

Tadanao Miki (1909-2005)
Designer of Kugisyo P1Y Ginga and MXY-7 Ohka as Technical Lt Commander of IJN.
Chief designer of the bullet train Shinkansen in the postwar.

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Source: 新幹線 半世紀の旅 : 読売新聞

What a resume!

 

[Shinpachi]

Thanks Wojtek too

Bullet trains then and now.

Source: NAKACO'S CRAFT'S WEBLOG

Source: 各駅停車｢新幹線こだま｣特急料金は妥当か | 新幹線

 

[Shinpachi]

What a resume!

Thanks jetcal1 too

 

[Wurger]

 

[jetcal1]

Thanks jetcal1 too

Up early aren't you? Is it around 6:45 AM at your house?

 

[Shinpachi]

Up early aren't you? Is it around 6:45 AM at your house?

Yes, it was 6:45 AM. A beautiful morning to wake up early.
A picture of the day.

 

[johnbr]

I-Go (Igo) Missile (Japan

 

[Shinpachi]

The second pic looks CGI but excellent one

 

[Shinpachi]

Tsutomu Kamijo (1905-1983)

A graduate of the MIT, aircraft engineer for the MItsubishi Heavy Industries during the ww2.
Contributed much to rebuilding Mitsubishi as a major repair factory for the US Forces during the Korean War.
An interesting anecdote would be his advice to a Mitsubishi staff during the war - "Don't work so hard. Japan can't win the US."

Kamijo. Probably 3rd from the left.

From the left: Director Moriya, Maj Woodyard, Maj Maylor, Kamijo and Secretary Hayashi.

Source: 戦前戦後の航空技術者 上條勉氏の資料一括!! 神... - ヤフオク!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Masayoshi Tsuruno (1916- )
A graduate of the Department of Aviation Engineering of Tokyo Imperial University in 1939.
Technical Lt Commander for the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal.
Project leader of the J7W Shinden.
His career in the postwar is not known well but he was once introduced as a Shinden's designer on TV in 1985.

Source: The Xplanes of Imperial Japanese Army & Navy 1924-45 (published by Green-arrow Co Ltd)

Masayoshi Tsuruno on the right.

Source: TV interview: Mr. Masayoshi Tsuruno (Original Shinden designer), Mr. Kunitake Kiyohara (Engineer of Kyushu Airplane), and Mr. Masayoshi Matsuda (Factory worker of Kyushu Airplane)