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New warbird shirt available: A6M Zero

World Warbird News — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 22:41:53 +0000

Many of you had requested it, and your wish has been granted: the Mitsubishi A6M Zero shirt is now available from the Warbird Shirt shop!

A6M Zero flies again in Japan

World Warbird News — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 10:46:18 +0000

Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero AI-112 (NX553TT) seen at Mojave Airport during the shooting of the movie “Pearl Harbor”. (Photo Alan Wilson (CC BY-SA 2.0))

An A6M Zero flew in Japan on the Wednesday 27 January, with Skip Holm at the controls. While many media have inaccurately reported that this was the first time a Zero has flown in Japan since WW2, it is the first flight by a Japanese-owned Zero since the war.

The aircraft, owned by businessman Masahiro Ishizuka, was shipped to Japan last September but Japanese aviation authorities took a long time to authorize it to fly. It is an A6M3 recovered on Babo Island in 1991, and heavily rebuilt. Only parts of the landing gear were retained. It is powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1830.

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A6M-3 Zero could become Japan’s first flying warbird

World Warbird News — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:03:13 +0000

(Photo cclark395 (CC BY-NC 2.0))

Japanese businessman Masahide Ishizuka recently presented his project of basing his Mitsubishi A6M-3 Zero (registered N553TT) in Japan, where it would fly at airshows. This would make it the first flying warbird in Japan and could lead to other warbirds flying in the country, such as those of Nobuo Harada, whose collection includes many World War II Japanese aircraft.

Read the full article on Aeroplane Monthly.