Nippon | |
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Nipon side view | |
Type | Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21 [1] |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi |
Construction number | 328 [1] |
Registration | J-BACI [1] |
Owners and operators | Mainichi Shimbun [1] |
Flights | One around the world flight from 26 August 1939 to 20 october 1939 covering 52,867 km; 28,546 nmi (32,850 mi) in 194 flying hours. [1] |
Fate | Unknown, probably scrapped. |
Nippon (ニッポン, Nippon) was a converted Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21 bomber operated by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and used to make a round-the-world flight in 1939.
Nippon took off from Haneda airport [2] in the district of Kamata in Tokyo on 25 August 1939, flew around the globe and returned to Tokyo, after 55 days, on 20 October 1939 having flown 52,886 km (32,862 mi; 28,556 nmi) in 194 flying hours.
Nippon had the armament removed, was equipped with the latest autopilot and could carry 5,200 L of fuel enabling it to fly continuously for 24 hours.[ citation needed]
Tokyo - Chitose - Nome, Alaska - Fairbanks, USA - Whitehorse - Seattle - Oakland, USA - Los Angeles - Albuquerque, USA - Chicago - New York - Washington D.C - Miami - San Salvador, El Salvador - Cali, Colombia - Lima - Arica - Santiago - Buenos Aires - Santos (Brazil) - Dakar - Casablanca Morocco - Seville, Spain - Rhodos, Greece - Basra (Iraq) - Karachi - Kolkata, India - Bangkok - Taipei - Haneda, Tokyo
Data from The Mitsubishi G3M "Nell"; [3] Imperial Japanese Navy Bombers of World War Two; [1] [4] [5]
General characteristics
Performance
There were seven occupants in total.
Nippon | |
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Nipon side view | |
Type | Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21 [1] |
Manufacturer | Mitsubishi |
Construction number | 328 [1] |
Registration | J-BACI [1] |
Owners and operators | Mainichi Shimbun [1] |
Flights | One around the world flight from 26 August 1939 to 20 october 1939 covering 52,867 km; 28,546 nmi (32,850 mi) in 194 flying hours. [1] |
Fate | Unknown, probably scrapped. |
Nippon (ニッポン, Nippon) was a converted Mitsubishi G3M2 Model 21 bomber operated by the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper and used to make a round-the-world flight in 1939.
Nippon took off from Haneda airport [2] in the district of Kamata in Tokyo on 25 August 1939, flew around the globe and returned to Tokyo, after 55 days, on 20 October 1939 having flown 52,886 km (32,862 mi; 28,556 nmi) in 194 flying hours.
Nippon had the armament removed, was equipped with the latest autopilot and could carry 5,200 L of fuel enabling it to fly continuously for 24 hours.[ citation needed]
Tokyo - Chitose - Nome, Alaska - Fairbanks, USA - Whitehorse - Seattle - Oakland, USA - Los Angeles - Albuquerque, USA - Chicago - New York - Washington D.C - Miami - San Salvador, El Salvador - Cali, Colombia - Lima - Arica - Santiago - Buenos Aires - Santos (Brazil) - Dakar - Casablanca Morocco - Seville, Spain - Rhodos, Greece - Basra (Iraq) - Karachi - Kolkata, India - Bangkok - Taipei - Haneda, Tokyo
Data from The Mitsubishi G3M "Nell"; [3] Imperial Japanese Navy Bombers of World War Two; [1] [4] [5]
General characteristics
Performance
There were seven occupants in total.