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Thanks, Gary. That is a good translation, although the Anto characters (literally "peace/stability" and "east," as your wife pointed out) in this case stand for Antung (Andong) Province in Manchuria, whose citizens raised the money to buy several Ki-27s for the Manchukouan Air Force, this airplane being the fourth of them (as indicated by the last two characters: Yo-gō).
I didn't have any trouble with the inscription on the side of the airplane, but the text in the Japanese language book is more of a challenge. I will take the liberty of emailing you and your wife that text and ask for your help with it. I start a formal course in Japanese at Dickinson College in two weeks and hope that it will eventually improve my ability to read my Japanese language books. I studied Japanese in college 60 years ago and when I was stationed at Yokota 1987-90, but foolishly failed to maintain my proficiency. Don |
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In honor of my friend and Grasshopper I converted an old beat up Eflite WACO radio control biplane into a VF-6 Boeing F4B-4 with the squadron insignia that the dastardly Mr. Rata blatantly stole from the squadron.
If flies beautifully (even upside down!).
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Great machine Michael! It's nice to see you're still in the hobby(even if it's RC).
Where have you been for so long?
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Playing with toys keeps you young... (are still using your shotgun to get snagged planes out of trees?)
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Great images. You DO manage to keep 'em flying, and I see that you DO still use a shotgun (sometimes) to get airplanes out of trees. Don
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I haven't lost any in the trees for quite some time now. I am actually quite good at flying these little birds.
The repainting of worn out ones fulfils my lifelong modeling desires as well. Good to be back and enjoying everyone's work.
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Thank you Don, that adds a lot more context. I'll tell my wife, she doesn't have the historical context (other than the point in time as Japanese controlled NE China). You have our e-mail, so please contact us and we can help if possible. Although, you are probably better at Japanese than she is. Gary
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Nice to hear, see and read of you Michael. Nice Boeing F4, Regards, Tony.
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Thank you sir. Flying RC is such a kick. It is no where near as expensive as it was in the 1970's BC. The foam planes fly like a dream and you can repair them in just a few moments if you should have a "mishap". Planes form Horizon Hobbies even have features that make it almost fly itself.
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