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Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Kawasaki T-4 Trainer
Kawasaki Industries Ltd
Kawasaki T-4 Trainer
Role Intermediate trainer aircraft
National origin Japan
Manufacturer Kawasaki
First flight 29 July 1985
Introduction 1988
Primary user Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Produced 208+
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History Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.
Kawasaki T-4 Trainer
The Kawasaki T-4 is a Japanese subsonic intermediate jet trainer aircraft developed and manufactured by the commercial conglomerate Kawasaki Heavy Industries. Its sole operator is the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).
During November 1981, Kawasaki was selected as the main contractor to design and manufacture a suitable trainer aircraft, which was initially designated as the KA-850, to meet the needs of Japan's MT-X program, having beaten out rival bids from Mitsubishi and Fuji. The MT-X program had been launched to procure a replacement for the aging Lockheed T-33[3] and Fuji T-1 jet trainer aircraft then in service in the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). Furthermore, there was also a desire for the prospective trainer aircraft to take over some of the syllabus that was being handled by the contemporary Mitsubishi T-2, a supersonic trainer and basis of the Mitsubishi F-1 fighter aircraft. The initial program planned for a production run of 220 aircraft and an entry into service date of 1988
Out of these efforts emerged the T-4, a clean-sheet indigenously-developed trainer aircraft. According to aerospace publication Flight International, it was considered plausible for the T-4 to have been a competitive product upon the global trainer aircraft market if it had been priced appropriately, but such export opportunities were denied by a long-standing Japanese policy that forbids any military export sales. As such, there was no realistic prospect of the type being sold to overseas customers and it was developed for the onset with the understanding that the T-4 would be used only by the JASDF..
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Kawasaki T-4 Trainer
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Kawasaki T-4 Trainer
General Info
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- Crew: 2
- Length: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 9.94 m (32 ft 7 in)
- Height: 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 21.00 m2 (226.0 sq ft)
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- Empty weight: 3,700 kg (8,157 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 7,500 kg
- Fuel capacity: 2,241 L (493 imp gal; 592 US gal) internal fuel
- Powerplant: 2 × Ishikawajima-Harima F3-IHI-30 turbofans, 16.32 kN (3,670 lbf) thrust each
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Performance
- Maximum speed: 1,038 km/h (645 mph, 560 kn) at sea level
- Stall speed: 167 km/h (104 mph,
Range: 1,668 km (1,036 mi, 901 nmi) with two 450 L (99 imp gal; - Service ceiling: 15,240 m
- Rate of climb: 51 m/s (10,000 ft/min)
Armament
- Hardpoints: 5 (4 underwing and 1 under fuselage) for drop tanks, practice bombs and target towing equipment
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On 28 June 1988, the first production T-4 conducted its first flight; deliveries to the JASDF began in September of that year. It was observed by Kawasaki that the programme had not only been delivered as per schedule.
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Kawasaki T-4 Trainer
An Aermacchi MB-339 jet had just taken off in formation to head to Vercelli, where it should have perform an aerial exhibition.
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