Japanese Civil Aircraft 1960-1969 - Japanese Airliners 1960-1969, Japanese Civil Utility Aircraft 1960-1969, Namc Ys-11, Mitsubishi Mu-2 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Japanese Airliners 1960-1969, Japanese Civil Utility Aircraft 1960-1969, Namc Ys-11, Mitsubishi Mu-2, Fuji Fa200 Aero Subaru, Kawasaki Kh-4. Excerpt: The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner built by a Japanese consortium, the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. The program was initiated by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1954, the aircraft was rolled out in 1962, and production ceased in 1974. To date, the YS-11 is the only successful commercial aircraft to have been manufactured by a Japanese firm, either before or after World War II. 182 were produced in total. Although the aircraft was mainly designed and manufactured in Japan, the engines were built by Rolls-Royce. Electronic equipment, avionics, mechanical and fuselage components were supplied either by Japanese companies or foreign suppliers during the YS-11's production lifetime. The consortium of companies that made up NAMC included Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Fuji Heavy Industries (now better known as the parent company of automobile manufacturer Subaru). Both were major producers of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. The twin-engined YS-11 delivered similar operational performance to the four-engined Vickers Viscount, and had 50% more capacity than the similarly configured Fokker F.27. YS-11 was slowly phased out by airlines in Japan due to new directives issued by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism requiring all planes in Japan to install the Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS). Planes without TCAS ceased operations at the end of 2006. Since equipping a YS-11 with TCAS would have cost 100 million ($1.083 million USD), such a retrofit was deemed economically unsound. Aircraft that that were still ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=487904