Mitsubishi Ki-67

what is it?

The Mitsubishi Ki-67 Hiryū (飛龍, flying dragon), Allied reporting name "Peggy", was a twin-engine bomber produced by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company and used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service and Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II. While its original official designation was "Army Type 4 Heavy Bomber" (四式重爆撃機, Yon-shiki jū bakugeki-ki), in all of its key parameters, the Ki-67 was similar to the contemporaneous medium bombers of other countries.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · mid wing · 22.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 537 km/htop speed
• range 2,800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 13.8 tmax take-off weight
• built 767made 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 84 years ago, in 1942.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 22.5 m: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,800 km: 16× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1942-12-27

introduced

1944

retired

1945

status

retired

number built

767

role

medium bomber

origin

Empire of Japan

makers

Mitsubishi

engines

2× Mitsubishi Ha104 ("Army Type 4 1,900hp Air Cooled Radial")

crew

6

length

18.7 m

wingspan

22.5 m

height

7.7 m

max take-off weight

13.8 t

top speed

537 km/h

cruise speed

400 km/h

range

2,800 km

ceiling

9,470 m

wings

mid wing

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