Any updates from Japan?

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

Michel Lemieux wrote:

The pics I have seem of the Betty is basically just the tail end.

It has "some" interior fittings attached to it from some pics I have seen around. Complete ? No clue however.

From Mikael great ressource site....again

http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/

From what I understand, Harada-san only has the tail portion, nothing else. I've heard that he desperately wants to complete the Betty project with the rest of the aircraft. Apparently, he even tried to export a Betty or two from the Pacific, but was not successful in his attempts.

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Sun Aug 16, 2009 2:08 pm

i thought he had an entire fuselage?? i've seen an entire 1 restored
somewhere.

warbird1 · **Joined:** Fri Sep 21, 2007 6:25 pm **Posts:** 2760

tom d. friedman wrote:

i thought he had an entire fuselage?? i've seen an entire 1 restored
somewhere.

The only "restored" fuselage that I'm aware of is the complete Betty example at the Beijing military museum. The only other complete fuselage in existence (outside of un-recovered wrecks), is the unrestored complete Betty at the POF in Chino.

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