Mitsubishi T-2

what is it?

The Mitsubishi T-2 was a supersonic jet trainer aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese aerospace firm Mitsubishi. It was the first Japanese-developed aircraft to break the sound barrier. During the 1960s, it became apparent that the Fuji T-1, Japan's first quantity-production jet aircraft, was not ideal for training pilots to operate the increasingly complex supersonic aircraft being operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 7.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,700 km/htop speed
• range 2,871 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 2passengers
• size 12.8 tmax take-off weight
• built 90made 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 55 years ago, in 1971.
• 🏎️Top speed is 13.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 💥Faster than sound: up to Mach 1.4 (sea-level speed of sound ≈ 1,235 km/h).
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 2 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🌍Range of 2,871 km: 16× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.7× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1971-07-20

introduced

1975

retired

2006

status

retired

number built

90

role

trainer

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

makers

Mitsubishi

engines

2× Ishikawa-Harima TF40-801A / RT.172 Adour

crew

2

passengers

2

length

17.9 m

wingspan

7.9 m

height

4.4 m

max take-off weight

12.8 t

top speed

1,700 km/h

range

2,871 km

ceiling

15,240 m

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

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