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[Shinpachi]

Will they attempt to restore it to flight worthiness?

They will do so even for static display. That is engineer's pride

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima A1N2 type 3 'NI-203' IJN Kaga Japan 1931-1932 WIKI.

 

[Viking1066]

Row of Mig-21s at Barnaul Military Pilot College, Siberian Military District YRPU.

 

[MIflyer]

Nakajima A1N2 type 3 'NI-203' IJN Kaga

Is that a Flycatcher built under license?

 

[Viking1066]

Is that a Flycatcher built under license?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A1N
Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Nakajima
Designer	H. P. Folland (Gloster Aircraft Company)
First flight	12 December 1927
Introduction	1929
Retired	1935
Primary user	IJN Air Service
Number built	151
Developed from	Gloster Gambet

The Nakajima A1N, or Navy Type 3 Carrier Fighter, was a Japanese carrier-based fighter of the late-1920s and early-1930s. It was a licensed copy of the British Gloster Gambet fighter, built by the Nakajima Aircraft Company for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Approximately 150 were built in two versions, the A1N1 and A1N2.

 

[cammerjeff]

Is that a Flycatcher built under license?

No it looks similar, but apparently it was a License copy of a Gloster Gambet fighter according to WIKI.

Nakajima A1N - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi K3M2 trainer courtesy of the net.

 

[Viking1066]

Spitfire MkIX RAF 32 Sqn over the Suez Canal and Merchant Tanker Salamis 1946 ASBIZ.