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


"Cub Driver" <usenet AT danford DOT net> wrote in message
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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?


Tree names were used for training aircraft and the Hickory
was used by the Japanese Army for advanced crew training
rather as the RAF used the Andover and Airspeed Oxford.

Keith



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