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LIGHT International, 26 July 1962 137 icture of Slingsby sailplanes to its activi- es in 1957. In the following year it ob- • lined licence rights to manufacture the rrench Potez Air-Fouga M agister jet trainer for the Israel Air Force and flew its first \lagister, assembled from imported com ponents, in mid-1960. Delivery of aircraft manufactured entirely by IAI began in 1961 and the production rate is now two or three per month. 1AJ are having second thoughts about their projected B101 nine-seat jet executive aircraft, with two rear-mounted General Electric CJ610 turbojets, which was to have flown in mid-1962. The only statement released so far is that the design is being modified. JAPAN Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd) So 18, 2-chrome, Marunouchi, Chiyoda- ku, Tokyo Established on July 15, 1953, Fuji is the successor to the Nakajima Aircraft Company. It entered the manufacturing business by acquiring licence rights for the Beechcraft Mentor trainer, of which it delivered 176 to the Japanese and Philip pine air forces. Taking advantage of the wide fuselage of the Mentor, Fuji developed from this aircraft a four/five-seat liaison monoplane designated LM-1 Nikko. Twenty-seven Nikkos were delivered to the Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force un der a US off-shore contract. Replacement of the LM-l's 225 h.p. Continental O-470-13 engine with a 340 h.p. Lycoming GSO-480-B1A6 produced the general-purpose KM. Now the wheel has turned full circle, for a new side-by- side two-seat primary trainer known as the KM-2 has been evolved from the KM and is in production for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force. The first aircraft of Fuji's own design is the Tl intermediate jet trainer, which is also in production. Under development is a four - seat single - engined lightweight "people's plane," designed for operation from 200-yd airstrips, and Fuji is engaged on ducted fan research under the four- company joi«t V/STOL study programme initiated recently by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry. As a follow-up to its licence manufac ture of the Cessna L-19, Fuji is designing a STOL development of this aircraft. It also has licence rights to manufacture the Bell HU-1B Iroquois utility helicopter with 1.000 h.p. Lycoming T53-L-9 shaft-turbine engine. Fuji is developing an air-to-air guided missile designated AAM-2. Tl First post-war jet aircraft of Japanese design, the prototype T1F2 flew for the first time on January 19, 1958, powered by a 4,0001b thrust Bristol Siddeley Orpheus 805 turbo-jet. Two production batches of 20 of this version have since been built as standard two-seat intermediate jet trainers for the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force, under the designation T1A. Fuji KM-2 "AiReview," Tokyo, photograph «iK.'',. General Electric J79- / / A engines made by Ishikawajima-Harima They are being followed by the all- Japanese T1F1 (JASDF designation TIB) with a 2,6451b thrust J3 turbojet produced by Ishikawajima-Harima. The prototype of this version flew on May 17, 1960, and 20 production models have been ordered by the JASDF for delivery between August 1962 and March 1963. The following details apply to the T1A. • Span, 34ft 5in; length, 39ft 9in; height, 13ft 3in; wing area, 239 sq ft; gross weight, 10,6701b; empty weight, 5,3351b; max speed, 485 m.p.h.; max rate of climb at s.l., 6,100fti mm; range, 7S0 miles. KM-2 This is a side-by-side two-seat devek pment of the Beechcraft Mentor trainer, via the Fuji LM-1 and KM liaison aircraft. It is a conventional low-wing monoplane of all-metal construction, with retractable tricyle undercarriage and a 340 h.p. Lycoming IGSO-480-AIA6 engine. Ten have been ordered for the JMSDF, for delivery by February 1963. Further contracts will follow, to replace the 45 North American SNJs (Harvards) now in naval service. The prototype KM-2 received its certificate of airworthi ness last February. AAM-2 Intended for service next year, the AAM-2 is an air-to-air guided weapon of the Sidewinder type, with infra-red homing head. Its solid-propellant rocket motor is being produced in collaboration with Nihon Yushi. The Toshiba Company and Nippon Electric are supplying electronic equipment. The AAM-2 is reported to be 8ft long, with a firing weight of 3351b and range of 1| miles. Hagiwara Kokuki Seisakusho (Hagiwara Glider Co Ltd) 40 Honcho, Itabashi-machi, Tokyo Among the various types of sailplane manufactured bv this company are the well-known Horikawa H-22B-3 and H-23B-2, of which details follow: Horikawa H-22B-3 Thirty of these tandem two-seat primary training gliders have been built since August 1953, when the prototype made its first flight. Construction is con ventional, with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage nacelle and fabric-covered two- spar braced wooden wing. • Span, 40ft lin; length, 23ft; wing area, 181 sq ft: gross weight, 6611b; empty weight, 3751b; max L/D, 14.2 at 41,5 m.p.h., min sink, 3.8ftlsec at 34 m.p.h. Horikawa H-23B-2 The prototype of this tandem two-seat training sailplane flew on September 10, 1956 and at least eight more are now flying. Construction is similar to that of the H-22B-3. • Span, 43ft 2in; length, 23ft Win; wing area, 185 sq ft; gross weight, 8381b; empty weight, 4631b; max LjD, 18 at 42.5 m.p.h.; min sink, 3.6ft I min at 38.5 m.p.h. Ishikawa;ima-Hanma Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy In dustries Co Ltd) 2-4 Ote-Machi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Sole manufacturer of aircraft gas-t jrbine engines in Japan, Ishikawajima-Harima took over the J3 turbojet from the Nippon Jet-Engine Company in 1959, when the latter had completed its five year develop ment programme for the engine. It is also manufacturing under licence General Elec tric J79 turbojets to power Japanese-built F-101J Starfighters, and is preparing to produce the General Electric T58 shaft- turbine for helicopter, marine and industrial applications. Under development is an aft-fan version of the J3, designated J3-F. The single-
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