what is it?
The Fuji T-7 (previously T-3 Kai) is a Japanese primary trainer aircraft built by Fuji Heavy Industries for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. A development of Fuji's earlier T-3 trainer, it is a single-engined monoplane powered by a turboprop engine.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 10 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 24 years ago, in 2002.
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 2002-07-09
- introduced
- 2003
- status
- still flying
- number built
- 49
- role
- primary/basic trainer
- origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- makers
- Subaru Corporation
- engines
- 1× Rolls-Royce 250-B17F
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,585 kg
- top speed
- —
- cruise speed
- 298 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q1143268, Wikipedia: Fuji T-7 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.
