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K5Y1 engine central cowling cover spray-painted acrylic orange, oval details around cover hand-traced with drafting pencil. Engine pistons hand-painted enamel chrome. Black engine cover painted acrylic black. Rollover : Rear trainer view showing two seats, front for student pilot, rear for flight instructor.
- Inset : Akatonbo photo set : 1) K5Y1 in flight training, darker shade indicates plane painted in overall orange, 2) Trainer with partial white rear fuselage and red tailfin, note additional struts on upper and lower wings, 3) Floatplane K5Y1 variant, given its proximity to the ocean, this plane probably in service with Japan's Imperial Navy. Also note air forces of that era utilized both airfields (packed dirt or concrete runways), airdrome (flat earthen grassy fields), harbors or coast lines (which necessitated float pylons for the planes)
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