In the waning days of World War II, Japan made a final bid to match the aeronautical advancements of the Allies, culminating in the first and only flight of the Nakajima Kikka on August 7, 1945. Known as the "Orange Blossom" or "Imperial Weapon No. 2," this jet aircraft took to the skies in a…
In the waning days of World War II, Japan made a final bid to match the aeronautical advancements of the Allies, culminating in the first and only flight of the Nakajima Kikka on August 7, 1945. Known as the "Orange Blossom" or "Imperial Weapon No. 2," this jet aircraft took to the skies in a…
The destruction of Hiroshima overshadowed the next day's event – the first flight of the Nakajima Kikka ("Orange Blossom"), the Empire of Japan's first jet aircraft. It was developed so late in the war that it was also the combat aircraft's only flight before the conflict ended.
So far on Spotlight USA, we've been to military aircraft museums that are positively tiny, utterly enormous, and now, something in-between. The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, is somewhere in the Goldilox zone of the spectrum.