Craftsmen at the Texas Airplane
Credit: JIM MILLER
Craftsmen at the Texas Airplane Factory (TAF) are preparing the world's only airworthy Nakajima Type I, Model 2B Ki.43 fighter for initial flight tests early this summer. The airplane was among the remains of four fighters recovered from the Kurile Islands north of Japan in 1995 by aircraft...
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