Fly to the Freedom
XB-70 the fastest-flying aircraft ever built was also the highest.
The first flight was on Sep. 21 1964
using the Six J-93 Turbo Jet cluster.
The maximum speed by Mach 3 about 1Km/second. WOW! That's fantastic!
The wing tips are bent downward at a high cruising speed .
There were only two XB-70 built. No.2 crushed in a mid-air collision.
No.1 is on display at USAF museum at Dayton, OHIO.
Lockheed SR-71 Black Bird
SR-71 is the fastest spy aircraft ever built.
The body was constructed from Titanium against
high temperature from over Mach 3 speed.
Two J-58 turbojets made supersonic cruising.
Avro CF-105 Arrow
CF-105 Arrow was thought to be a shield of Canada, but the
project was cancelled, so, all five of them are scrapped.
First flight at Mar. 25 1958.
Two Iroquois turbo jet engine.
Bell X-1 is the world first sound barrier broker
powered by four rocket engines, at Oct. 14 1947, by Chuck Yeager.
Lower; X-1 at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
X-15 is the first air-space craft powered by a rocket engine,
which drives Mack 6 of speed or 100Km of altitude.
Maximum speed record; Mach 6.72
Maximum altitude record; 354,200ft
X-15 displays at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
Fokker Friendship
Friendship was successor of DC-3.
Two high mounted Turbo-Propped plane.
Fokker50
Air Central Fokker-27 Mark 50 (JA01NV)
This Fokker-50 (JA01NV) fly as the ANA-conection.
Britain Norman Islander
This Islander was serviced between Sado Island and Niigata.
The cockpit of Ryukyu Air Commuter JA5324.
JA5281 of RAC at Hateruma Island airport.
RAC will terminate this BN-2 Islander flight service between Ishigaki and Hateruma.
This pilot will retire Nov. 2007.
Kyokushin airlines which conects between Niigata and Sado will terminate it's operation
end of October 2008.
YS-11
ANK YS-11(JA8761) at Memanbetsu airport.
YS-11 Takeoff from New-Chitose airport and landing at Memanbetsu airport.
YS-11(JA8759) cabin and the JAC attendant.
TDA; Toa-Domestic-Ailines. JA8771 from Yoron Is. at Oct. 01, 1984.
JAC; Japan Air Commuter co. JA8771 landed at Okinoerabu Is. on May 27th.
This is the final day of operate YS-11 for Okinoerabu island.
More than twenty yeas past that I took the picture of this YS-11 at Yoron Is. above.
JA8771 was built at Aug. 01, 1970, retired at Aug. 31, 2005.
JAC; Japan Air Commuter. JA8759 landed at Yakushima.
Cockpit of YS-11 (JA8776) operated by JAC.
YS-11 flight simulator at Komatsu air plaza. This simulator was used by ANA until June 2000.
NEC's NEAC 3200 was used for this YS-11 flight simulator.
Japan Coast Guard JA8791 Syurei parked at Haneda airport.
It will be scrapped soon,,,,,, I feel SADdddddddddddddddddddddd
JA8797 ADK (Air Hokkaido) linked between Hakodate and Okushiri.
This tiny 1-2 seat arrangement up to only 19 passengers.
SAAB 340B
34seat commuter airliner.
Beech 1900D
AirTransse (JA016A)
This new company connecting from Hakodate to Obihiro, both within Hokkaido, Japan.
There are 18 seats.
You can see outside without any difficulties.
There are NO! door between the cockpit and the cabin. So you can see the captain's skill
and all gauges. But there are risk of hi-jacking.
Cockpit of JA016A.
AirTransse route map.
ATR-42
ATR-42 is advanced Turbo-Propped aircraft.
AirTahiti at Bora Bora Island, French Polynesia.
Dash-8
AKX (Air Nippon Network) JA803K Suzuran.
British Aerospace 146
BAe-146 seems unique four Turbo-Jet aircraft.
Boeing 707-320
Boeing 727-100
B-727 series was very successful aircraft in its industry.
My first flight was this JA8319 "Kitakami-gou" when I was in 10year old.
If I took another spring course, I would be visit Pyongyang by
"Yodo-gou" hi-jacked by Red Army of JAPAN.
Cockpit of the B-727-100.
The Last Days of PAN AMERICAN Airways at LaGaudia, NY.
Douglas DC-8
JAL DC-8 at Narita Airport.
DC-8 at Cuzuko, Peru.
Douglas DC-9 (MD-80)
Scandinavian Airline Service.
Toa Domestic Airlines.
The cockpit of Air Canada's DC-9-30.
JAS MD-90, JA8062. Painted By Mr. Kurosawa.
JAS MD-87, JA8278.
DC-9/MD-80's are also made success of air travel sheens.
I love this kind of narrow body jet because I can see outside easily.
Lockheed L-1011 Tristar
Tristar was named by mines three high-bypassed Turbo Jet.
This is my most favorite aircraft, especially the line of
S-duct much different from DC-10/MD-11.
The three Rolls-Royce three-axis turbo fun jets make impressive noise.
RB-211 
Ilyushin-62
Ilyushin-62 was main aircraft of Aeroflot, the Russian air transporter.
The four turbo-jet located at rear (like DC-9) makes loud noise!
But the noise makes me high!
I visited Vradivostok (prohibited city) in the August of 1979,
due to divert from Khabarovsk. I was confined in a room at
the head officer of the airport for a while, it was rare experience.
CRJ-200
Napoli International airport; You can see the Mt. Vesuvio behind this aircraft.
Embraer-170
Fuji Dream Airlines operated by Suzuyo.
FDA connects from Shizuoka airport to Kagoshima.
AirBus A-340
A-340 is the long-range aircraft with four CFM-56 engines.
The seat arrangement is 2-4-2, so, it's comfortable from 3-5-3
arrangements, which commonly see by B-747 configuration.
Boeing 747-SR
B-747SR was common in the Japanese air route.
The maximum seats are 566.
This photograph was JA8119 taken at Chitose (Sapporo) airport,
which crashed at Osutakayama, Gunnma Pref. Japan at Aug. 12 1985.
The reason of crush was thought to be loss of all controls
because of the loss of tail segment due to miss repair.
God Bless THEM!
Boeing 777
Boeing 777-300 (JA756A) at maintenance and it's engine Platt & Whittney 7074.
AirBus A-380
A-380 is future coming double deck aircraft.
I hope its seat arrangement will comfort for passengers.
A380 D-AIMA at FRA.
Boeing B-2707
B-2707 designed for supersonic aircraft around 1970.
Unfortunately, the program was cancelled due to
air pollution and shock waves.
I hope some company will make cool supersonic aircraft in near future.
Lockheed L-2000
L-2000, the competitor of B-2707 from Lockheed.
When I was childhood, I could travel around the world
by such supersonic aircraft in 21st century, but it wouldn't
come true now. I am very disappointed about that.
BA Concorde at LHR.
British Airways.
The last flight of Concorde at July 29, 2000.
The cabin is narrow and unconfortable.
F-BTSD stored at Paris Air and Space museum (Le Bourget).
The windows are tiny and limited vision except it's wing.
Four Olympus 593 Turbo-Jet with after burner fly Concorde
into Mach 2 of speed, made by Rolls-Royce.
F-86 built at age of Korean War.
Blue Impulse of Japanese Air Force.
At Misawa Air Museum.
T-2 for ex-blue impulse at Air Plaza in Komatsu airbase.
T-4
Lockheed F-104 Star Fighter
F-104 was thought to be the last manned jet fighter,
but it was NOT the LAST.
The Cockpit of the F-104J at Misawa Air Museum.
Aircraft Plaza at Komatsu air base.
Rafale
At Paris Air and Space museum.
Lockheed-Martin (former McDonnell Douglas) F-15 Eagle
Two-hundred-year anniversary paint.
F-15 is the most strong fighter.
F-15J at Chitose Air Base.
Grumman F-14 Tomcat
F-14 equipped swing-wing (variable geometry).
Hawker-Siddley Harrier (AV-8)
Harrier can take off and landing vertically,
powered by Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine.
MiG-25 Foxbat
MiG-25 is one of Mach 3 record jet fighter.
MiG-29 Fulcrum
MiG-29 is the competitor of F-15.
Sukhoy-27 Flanker
Su-27 is one of advanced fighter in the USSR. Cobra maneuver noted.
Lockheed F-22 Raptor
F-22 is the next generation fighter.
Ariane-5 Rocket at Paris Air and Space museum.
German V-1 pulse-jet missile.
Zero Fighter
Zero fighter displayed at Nagoya Air Museum.
(unfortunataly, this museum closed at the end of Dec. 2004 due to closure of the airport)
Zero fighter type-52 at Yasukuni Shrine.
P3-C Orion (VIP transporter)
Flying boat NISHIKI-Daitei made by Kawanishi at the World War II
You can meet this flying boat at Kanoya Murine Base, Kagoshima pref.
Cherry Blossom (BAKA)
This rocket driven suside bom named Cherry Blossom that means die under the honor.
But, it is crazy! so, the code name was BAKA means FOOL or IDIOT.
Suisei (Comet) Judy
This bomber Suisei (means Comet, code name Judy) also dysplays at Yasukuni shirine.
UN Spacy VF-1J Valkyrie
Fighter
Gawalk
Batloid
VF-1J is most advanced fighter. The three configurations,
Fighter, Gawalk and Battloid make war against Zentradi.
N9436M; Traveled Page to the Monument Valley.
Cockpit of Turbo Staion-8
Cessna 172 (JA725C; Hokkaido Aviation Co.)
Cessna 172M JA3778 of the Air Dolphine, OKA.
Grob 109B motor-glider at Bekkai flight park.
A bit narrow for the fat man
Rotax Falke
At Biei air-strip near Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
Cessna Citation-500 JA8438 Hayate はやて
This small jet were used by Asahi News Paper company.
Now displaing at the Newspaper Museum at Yokohama.
The cockpit of JA8438
Helicopters
Huse
Fly over Kilauea volcano, Hawaii island.
Robinson R44
JA7910 over Aso volcano.
Instrumental panel of R44.
AeroSpacial (Eurocopter) AS350 at Miyake island.
Cockpit of the JA9839
Volcanic activitie were seen fron this helicopter over Oyama, MiyakeJima.