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- 1. 90siki-kansen: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Nakajima Type90 A2N: San Diego Air & Space Museum· No restrictions
what is it?
The Nakajima A2N or Navy Type 90 Carrier Fighter was a Japanese carrier-borne fighter of the 1930s. It was a single-engined biplane of mixed construction with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.4 m wingspan
base stats
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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.0× 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
- 1929
- introduced
- 1932
- retired
- 1941
- status
- retired
- number built
- 106
- role
- carrier-borne fighter
- makers
- Nakajima
- engines
- 1× Nakajima Kotobuki 2
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.2 m
- wingspan
- 9.4 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,550 kg
- top speed
- 293 km/h
- cruise speed
- 167 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- ceiling
- 9,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q702167, Wikipedia: Nakajima A2N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.