Another Herbert Smith design, the first example of the Mitsubishi 2MR two-seat carried-based reconnaissance biplane flew in January 1922. The ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi 2MR 1922 |
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Following on his association with the Mitsubishi company, Herbert Smith designed the 2MT1 two-seat biplane torpedo bomber which flew for ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi B1M / 2MT 1923 |
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Mitsubishi 2MB1 1925 |
After building 57 Nieuport 81 trainers for the Imperial Japanese Army as the Mitsubishi Ko-1, followed by 145 Hanriot HD-14s ... read more ... |
Seeking a second-generation fighter as a successor to the Type 10, in April 1926, the Imperial Navy solicited proposals from ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi 1MF9 Taka 1927 |
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Designed by Herbert Smith, the Sopwith designer working in Japan, the Mitsubishi 4MS1 prototype crew trainer made its maiden flight ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi K3M "PINE" 1930 |
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Mitsubishi 2MR8 1930 |
In 1927 Mitubishi enlisted the help of German designer Baumann to meet an Imperial Japanese Army requirement for a new ... read more ... |
In 1928 Mitsubishi presented to the Imperial Japanese Navy three new types: the Mitsubishi 1MF9 Taka carrier fighter biplane, which ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi B2M 1932 |
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Mitsubishi Ki-1 1933 |
Showing strong signs of Junkers influence, the Mitsubishi Ki-1-l heavy bomber flew for the first time in 1933. An angular ... read more ... |
A most successful design, although built only in limited numbers, the Mitsubishi Ki-2 light bomber was developed from the Junkers ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi Ki-2 1933 |
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Mitsubishi 1MF10 1933 |
To meet a 7-Shi (1932) requirement for an advanced single-seat shipboard fighter to succeed the Nakajima A1N (Type 90), a ... read more ... |
As far back as 1935, in response to
Japanese naval requirement for a landbased
twin-engine reconnaissance
aircraft, Mitsubishi flew the first Ka-15
prototype, an ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi G3M "NELL" 1934 |
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Mitsubishi Ka-8 1934 |
In 1933, the Imperial Navy, influenced by trends in Western Europe and the USA, issued both Mitsubishi and Nakajima with ... read more ... |
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Mitsubishi Ka-14 1935 |
Among several 9-Shi requirements, in February 1934, the Imperial Navy issued an outline specification for a single-seat fighter. Carrier compatibility ... read more ... |
As soon as the Imperial Navy had expressed its satisfaction with the performance of the Ka-14, the Imperial Army placed ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi Ki-18 1935 |
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Mitsubishi Ki-15 / C5M BABS 1936 |
In July 1935 the Imperial Japanese
Army drew up its specification for a
new two-seat reconnaissance aircraft,
and Mitsubishi responded with a cantilever
low-wing ... read more ... |
The Mitsubishi Ki-21 (Army Type 97
Heavy Bomber) was produced by engineers
Nakata and Ozawa in response
to an operational specification
issued by the ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi Ki-21 1936 |
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Mitsubishi F1M PETE 1936 |
Roughly equivalent to the American
Curtiss SOC Seagull observation float
biplane, the smaller Mitsubishi F1M
was of more compact and neater design,
its development ... read more ... |
Bearing the company designation Mitsubishi Ka-16, this cantilever low-wing monoplane, carrier-based torpedo-bomber flew in prototype form as the Navy 10-Shi ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi B5M "MABEL" 1936 |
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Mitsubishi Ki-33 1936 |
The acceptance of the Ka-14 9-Shi fighter by the Imperial Navy and evaluation of a modified prototype of this aircraft ... read more ... |
In May 1936 the Imperial Japanese
Army issued its specification for a light
bomber required to supersede the
Mitsubishi Ki-2 and Kawasaki Ki-3 ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi Ki-30 ANN 1937 |
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Mitsubishi Ki-51 SONIA 1939 |
To meet an Imperial Japanese Army
specification of December 1937 for a
ground-attack aircraft, which it was
suggested could be a development of
the ... read more ... |
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Mitsubishi G4M "BETTY" 1939 |
Codenamed 'Betty' by the Allies, the
Mitsubishi G4M long-range medium
bomber remained in service with the
Japanese navy from the first to the ... read more ... |
Although designed to a 1939 requirement,
at a time when Japanese war
leaders scarcely imagined a situation
requiring a home defence fighter, the
Mitsubishi ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi J2M "Raiden" 1942 |
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Intended to meet a requirement formulated in 1943 for an advanced two-seat long-range escort fighter, the Ki-83 was designed by ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi Ki-83 1944 |
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Mitsubishi MU-2 1963 |
In 1956 Mitsubishi began the design of a light utility transport to be powered by two turboprop engines and allocated ... read more ... |
The T-2 was the first supersonic aircraft developed by the Japanese aircraft industry. It is a twin-engined two-seat jet trainer ... read more ... |
Mitsubishi T-2 1971 |
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Mitsubishi F-1 1975 |
Japan's first indigenous combat aircraft to be produced after the end of World War II, the F-1 originated from a ... read more ... |
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Mitsubishi SpaceJet 2015 |
The Mitsubishi SpaceJet, formerly known as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, or MRJ for short, is a twin-engine regional jet aircraft ... read more ... |
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