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Old 04-26-2012, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by kestrel79 View Post
What plane is that? Looks like a cross between a 109 and a Mig-3.

Kawasaki high speed development aircraft. Ki 78.

And yes I know that the Kawasaki firm hired a designer from Heinkel that greatly influenced the design of the Ki 61. But that has nothing to do with my liking the aircraft.

At least the designers at Kawasaki understood the future of combat aircraft better than did the command structures of the IJAAF and IJN.
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