Mitsubishi Ki-57

what is it?

The Mitsubishi Ki-57 was a Japanese passenger transport aircraft, developed from the Ki-21 bomber, during the early 1940s.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 22.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 470 km/htop speed
• range 3,000 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 11passengers
• size 9,120 kgmax take-off weight
• built 507made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 22.6 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,000 km: 17× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1940-08

introduced

1942

number built

507

role

transport aircraft, paratroop transport, passenger aircraft

makers

Mitsubishi

engines

2× Mitsubishi Ha-102 Zuisei

crew

4

passengers

11

length

16.1 m

wingspan

22.6 m

height

4.9 m

max take-off weight

9,120 kg

top speed

470 km/h

range

3,000 km

ceiling

8,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.