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RUSSIA
(WARBIRD)

 

   The Kalinin K-12 was a scaled-down three-seat prototype proof-of-concept aircraft for a far larger tailless bomber. Also known as the BS-2 or the Zhar-Ptitsa (Firebird), this pre-WW2 Russian design is credited to K.A. Kalinin.     Design began at Voronezh in 1934. A glider of similar lines, with a 29 ft. 6 in. (9.0 m) span made a hundred flights before the K-12 was proceeded with. The K-12 flew in autumn 1936 and was demonstrated at Tushino on 18th August 1937, in a garish colour scheme representing a bird. The aircraft was of welded steel-tube construction with fabric covering, and was powered by two 480 hp M-22 radial engines. It featured dummy nose and tail turrets.       Work on the scaled-up K-12 ended when Kalinin was arrested in spring 1938 and his design bureau disbanded.  The K-12 had a 59 ft. 0.66 in. (18 m.) span, a 26 ft. 3 in. (8.0 m.) length and a loaded weight of 9,259 lb. (4200 kg.).  It achieved a maximum speed of 149 mph (240 km/h) at 9,840 ft (3000 m.), and had a range of 435 mls (700 km.).

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GERMANY
(GLIDER)
1951

 

  

The Ka 1 was the first plane built by the renowned designer Rudolf Kaiser (19221991). Kaiser, who was self-taught, was among the leading glider designers in the early post-war years. The first of his own designs, the single-seater Ka 1, was a strut-braced high-wing glider with a plywood monocoque fuselage and a V-tail built in 1951. The Ka 1 is relatively small, manageable and light reflecting the fact that Kaiser built this plane himself in his parents attic. Only 10 Ka 1 gliders were built. Some were constructed by flying sport clubs, but others were produced by various companies. The aircraft on display here was operated from 1960 until 1979 by the Lauchheim Flying Group, and logged 428 take-offs and 183 flying hours

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1945

   The Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden (震電, "Magnificent Lightning") fighter was a World War II Japanese propeller-driven aircraft prototype that was built in a canard design. The wings were attached to the tail section and stabilizers were on the front. The propeller was also in the rear, in a pusher configuration. It was expected to be a highly maneuverable interceptor, but only two were finished before the end of war.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1943

   The N1K possessed a heavy armament and, unusually for a Japanese fighter, could absorb considerable battle damage. The N1K-J evenly matched the F6F Hellcat and was a better match than the A6M Zero for such aircraft as the F4U Corsair and P-51 Mustang. Despite such capability, it was produced too late and in insufficient numbers to affect the outcome of the war

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1931

   The KDA-5 was designed by Richard Vogt to meet a Japanese Army requirement for a fighter biplane. Five prototypes were built by Kawasaki and first flown in 1930. Following testing, the aircraft was ordered into production in 1932 as the Army Type 92 Model 1 Fighter. The aircraft had unequal-span wings and fixed tailwheel landing gear and was powered by a 470 kW (630 hp) BMW VI engine.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
 

   The Ki-45 was initially used as a long-range bomber escort. The 84th Independent Flight Wing used them in June 1942 in attacks on Guilin, where they encountered, but were no match for Curtiss P-40s flown by the Flying Tigers. In September of the same year, they met P-40s over Hanoi with similar results. It became clear that the Ki-45 could not hold its own against single-engine fighters in aerial combat. Its greatest strength turned out to be as an anti-bomber interceptor, as was the case of the Bf 110 in Europe.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1935

  
This was the last biplane fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army, entering service in 1935. Built by Kawasaki Kōkūki Kōgyō KK for the Imperial Japanese Army, it saw combat service in Manchu kuo and in north China during the early stages of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Its reporting name given by the Allies was "Perry".

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NETHERLANDS
(WARBIRD)
 

  

The Koolhoven F.K.51 was the winning design in a 1935 Dutch government contest for a new trainer. Designed by Frederick Koolhoven the prototype biplane trainer first flew on 25 May 1935. The aircraft was an equal-span biplane designed to use a variety of engines between 250hp (186kW) and 500hp (373kW). It was a two-seater and had a tailwheel undercarriage.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1932

   The flight characteristics of the Ki-48 also left much to be desired. Allied fighters caught up in speed, and eventually, the Ki-48 was too slow to outrun them. Despite the first versions being under-armoured, the Ki-48 could loop and turn with an experienced pilot at the controls. Often the aircraft was used as a dive bomber in Burma. The aircraft was not necessarily a failure, and was considered an acceptable light bomber for the first few years of the war by many historians.

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NETHERLANDS
(WARBIRD)
1935

  

The Koolhoven F.K.49 was a photographic survey aircraft built in the Netherlands in 1935. It was a high-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design with twin engines carried in nacelles on the leading edges. Usually fitted with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage, a floatplane version was also developed. The aircraft carried an onboard darkroom.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1933

 

The confusion of the Ki-61 with German and Italian fighters had some basis in the aircraft's origins. Between 1923 and 1933, Kawasaki Aircraft Engineering Company's head designer was a German named Dr. Richard Vogt, who returned to Germany in 1933 to take a similar position at the firm of Blohm und Voss. Not surprisingly, Kawasaki continued to be strongly influenced by Dr. Vogt's beliefs after he left, particularly his faith in the merits of liquid-cooled inline engines. This made Kawasaki something of a heretic among Japanese aircraft manufacturers, with their preference for air-cooled radials.

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GERMANY
1928

  

Klemm L.25, later Klemm Kl 25 was a successful German low-winged, cantilevered, light leisure and training aircraft, developed in 1928. More than 600 aircraft were built, and manufacturing licenses were sold to the United Kingdom and the United States. The aircraft was developed by Hanns Klemm who used his previous design, the Klemm Kl 20, as a starting point. About thirty different versions of the Kl 25 were made, and these were equipped with engines ranging from 32 kW to 70 kW. The fuselage was covered with plywood.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1939

 

 The Ki.64 was developed for the Japanese Army Air Force and was one of the most innovative Japanese designs of the war. Original conceived of in 1939, the Ki.64 had a contrarotating propellor coupled to tandem mounted engines and equipped with an evaporative cooling system. The two Ha-40 engines were installed in the fuselage, one in the nose and the second one behind the pilot, with a long axis beneath the pilot's seat, driving contra-rotating propellors in the nose. This arrangment was known as the Ha-201. The Ki.64 also used steam vapour cooling with wing surface radiators to reduce drag even more.
   The prototype was damaged on its fifth flight and the programme abandoned.

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U.S.A.
1920

 

The Airster appeared in 1920 designed by Bert Kinner, it was a one or two seat open-cockpit single-engine biplane. The first single-seat Airster was powered by a 60 hp (45 kW) Lawrance L-4 radial engine. When the prototype crashed on a test flight it was rebuilt as a two-seater with a wider cockpit. One Airster name The Canary was bought by Amelia Earhart while she was learning to fly. Later production aircraft had slab-sided plywood fuselages and were powered by a variety of 60 hp (45 kW) engines.  In 1927 the company produced a three-seat vaiant powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-2 engine, with the last Airster being built in 1927. Design rights were sold to the Crown Carriage Works in 1929 who produced a version designated the Crown B-3.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1940

   The Kawasaki Ki-100 was a fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The Japanese Army designation was "Type 5 Fighter".The emergency measure of adapting a Ki-61-II-KAI fighter to carry a Mitsubishi radial engine resulted in an excellent fighter-interceptor, one of the best used by the Army during the entire war. Missions began in March 1945; from the first engagements the Ki-100 showed its good qualities against the USAAF B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers at high altitudes, and showed itself equally effective against U.S. Navy carrier fighters. A new variant, the Ki-100-Ib, was constructed during the last weeks of the conflict to equip five sentai for home defense.

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FRANCE
1936 

   KELLNER-Bchereau E.60 A test research aircraft  was the culmination off aerodynamic research begun in 1936.The Aerofoil  had the characteristic  to be divided into two elements, former and posterior. The wing of the aircraft had the distinction off being divided into two shares, anterior and posterior.

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JAPAN
(WARBIRD)
1944

 		 The Kawasaki Ki-102 was a Japanese warplane of World War II. It was a twin-engine, two-seat, long-range heavy fighter developed to replace the Ki-45 Toryu. Three versions were planned: the Ki-102a day fighter, Ki-102b ground-attack and Ki-102c night fighter. This aircraft's Allied reporting name was "Randy".  It entered service in 1944, but saw limited action. The main type (102b) was kept in reserve to protect Japan, although it did see some limited duty in the Okinawa campaign. It was kept out of front line service because it was hoped that it would be the carrier of the Igo-1-B air-to-ground guided missile when the Allied invasion of Japan occurred.

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