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The Kawasaki Ki-78 KEN III research plane

The Kawasaki Ki-78 KEN III research plane

At first glance, this airplane can easily be mistaken for a modified version of the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien fighter. In fact, it was no fighter a all, but a high-speed research plane to investigate laminar profile wings with a very high wing-loading. It was also the intention to break the world speed record. Initiated before [...]