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Walk around - Kawasaki T-4

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The Kawasaki T-4 is a subsonic intermediate jet trainer developed in Japan for the JASDF . Kawasaki was selected in 1981 for MT-X program.  It has a shoulder-wing design with a student and trainer pilot cockpit and powered by 2 Japanese Ishikawajima-Harima F3 turbofans. First flight was July 1985 and deliveries toi the JASFG started September 1988.  Some 200 jets were manufactured. 

Some data:   wingspan 9,94 m. Length 13,00 m; MTOW 7,500 kg. Max speed some 1,038 km/hr at low level. It has 4 wing hardpoints for practice bombs and fuel tanks.

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T-4  

This T-4 is coded "805" serial 26-5805. It has a scheme of the JASDF Blue Impulse aerobatic and display team and was seen on display at the Gifu Kakamigahara Air and Space museum at Nagoya, Japan. 

Photographed March 2024 by Meindert de Vreeze (c)  Copyright! 

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Plastic scale models of the T-4 are in 1/72  from Hasegawa (2 different kits) and Hobbyboss.  In 1/48 from Hasegawa and in 1/100 from Platz. 

 

This walk around page was first published September 2024 by M. de Vreeze;   note the Copyright!