Re: A/C similar to Japanese wartime aircraft "Hickory Model 1"



On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:29:34 +0100, "Keith W"
<keithspam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The Hickory was the allied reporting code for the Tachikawa Ki-54c
light transport which looks somewhat similar to the Ki-46 but is rather
larger

Good grief! I never heard of planes named for trees (or was it nuts?).
I thought transports, like bombers, got girls' names?


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