Fuji T-1

what is it?

The Fuji T-1 Hatsutaka was a jet-powered trainer aircraft designed and produced by the Japanese conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries. It was Japan's first jet-powered trainer aircraft as well as its first to make use of a swept wing. The T-1 emerged out of the early post-war efforts to re-establish and advance Japan's indigenous aviation sector.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 10.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 925 km/htop speed
• range 1,300 kmwithout refuelling
• size 5,000 kgmax take-off weight
• built 66made 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 68 years ago, in 1958.
• 🏎️Top speed is 7.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,300 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.6× 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

1958-01-19

introduced

1950

retired

2006

status

retired

number built

66

role

intermediate trainer aircraft

origin

🇯🇵 Japan

makers

Subaru Corporation

engines

1× Bristol Siddeley Orpheus Mk 805 / Orpheus / Ishikawajima-Harima J3

crew

2

length

12.1 m

wingspan

10.5 m

height

4.1 m

max take-off weight

5,000 kg

top speed

925 km/h

cruise speed

620 km/h

range

1,300 km

ceiling

14,400 m

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