Last Nakajima Ki-84 in flight

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I happened to find a great collection of photographs taken in 1973 in Japan with last flyable Ki-84. Unfortunately for us it is no longer in such state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Few more here : http://geta-o.jp/WB/P&F/HAYATE/WB-HAYATE.html

 

There also is a record from that event on youtube : 

 

 

 

And some original ww2 footage :

 

 

 

 

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And here is the sound of Homare engine, recording quality is not great but you can get the idea :

[Falco_Peregrinus]

Beautiful airplane the Ki 84.

[=362nd_FS=Hiromachi]

Indeed, it retains a beautiful lines of Ki-43 but with that Homare engine and 4-bladed propeller aircraft is a bit bigger and looks a lot more powerful. 

 

It was really nice to fly in old Il-2 and was extremely tough opponent with that kind of combination of speed, maneuverability and climb rate. Hope there will be a day when 1CGS will make it here to fly.

[beepee]

 

 

It was really nice to fly in old Il-2 and was extremely tough opponent with that kind of combination of speed, maneuverability and climb rate. Hope there will be a day when 1CGS will make it here to fly.

 

Agreed.

[69th_chuter]

That was one of the favorite planes at Freeman Field, and the most reliable oddly enough.

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I'm curious of hearing more on the first part, what was particularly liked so that it made it on of the favorite ?

 

On the latter one I'm not surprised. Lots of problems with Homare were not the consequence of a bad design, but lack of spare parts and skilled mechanics. If pilots could sometimes count on evacuation, then mechanics almost never. They would be given rifles and told to join their brothers in the infantry units. And experienced and skilled mechanic is as important as experienced and skilled pilot.