Scale model show with Spitfire display on Saturday the 5th of September |
Thursday 3 September 2015
Tuesday 1 September 2015
Jiro's zero
My Mitsubishi Zero
designed by Jiro Horikoshi
Jiro Horikoshi was born on the 22nd of June 1903 in Fujioka
Japan and sadly died on 11th of January 1982 in Tokyo Japan. He was educated at the University of Tokyo then he started his career at the Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine Company Limited. That soon became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Nagoya Aircraft Manufacturing Plant. The aircraft that Jiro designed were the Mitsubishi 1MF10 and the Mitsubishi A5M allies code named it "Claude". Jiro also starred in one of my personal favorite films and it's quite a recent one too called The Wind Rises
if you want to find out more about Jiro then click this link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi
designed by Jiro Horikoshi
Jiro Horikoshi was born on the 22nd of June 1903 in Fujioka
Japan and sadly died on 11th of January 1982 in Tokyo Japan. He was educated at the University of Tokyo then he started his career at the Mitsubishi Internal Combustion Engine Company Limited. That soon became Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,Nagoya Aircraft Manufacturing Plant. The aircraft that Jiro designed were the Mitsubishi 1MF10 and the Mitsubishi A5M allies code named it "Claude". Jiro also starred in one of my personal favorite films and it's quite a recent one too called The Wind Rises
if you want to find out more about Jiro then click this link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiro_Horikoshi
The Wind Rises cover |
My Zero's pilot |
My Zero before the pilot was painted |
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