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I believe the far side is a North American AT 6SNJ Texan and the closest is a Vultee BT-13 Valiant I am certain the experts like Buffalo and Bmac62 and so others will know I am behind in commenting as last night I was feeling not so good(sinus) being in the wind yesterday and especially behind 4 fighters and one Cessna taxing ---but it was worth it to see them up close Altogether, around 1,150 were built; however, not a single complete example survived. A large portion of a B5N2 was recovered from the Kuril Islands by a British private collector in 2003. Replicas of the B5N2s were made from U.S. BT-13 Valiant training aircraft, which were modified to represent Japanese aircraft for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!, and have been used in a number of movies and airshows since to depict the aircraft. the plane in question is not B5N2 but a replica and it is not a true replica because of the front of the plane was replaced with a different cowling and engine In late 1937 Mitsubushi purchased two NA-16s as technology demonstrators and possibly a licence to build more. However, the aircraft developed by Watanabe/Kyushu as the K10W1 (Allied code name Oak) bore no more than a superficial resemblance to the North American design. It featured a full monocoque fuselage as opposed to the steel tube fuselage of the T-6 and NA-16 family of aircraft, as well as being of smaller dimensions overall and had no design details in common with the T-6. It was used in very small numbers by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1942 onwards. After the war the Japanese Air Self Defense Force operated Texans. The Vultee BT-13 Valiant was an American World War II-era basic trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces. A subsequent variant of the BT-13 in USAAC/USAAF service was known as the BT-15 Valiant, while an identical version for the US Navy was known as the SNV and was used to train naval aviators for the US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard. thanks Penguin

Comments (34)

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jayfar

6:43AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

A nice shot of these two planes.

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penguin357

6:44AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

My opinion Green is Type97 torpedo bomber of the Imperial Japanese Navy for much of World War II. T-6 TEXAN is used as the base. Gray is Type 0 Fighter of the Imperial Japanese Navy. T-6 TEXAN base too. The Rising-Sun is drawn on the body. I think that it is the thing made for movies.

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greyone

7:04AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Very impressive capture Richard. Here is a couple of sites that will give some background on these 2 old workhorses. The one site is actually a company you can hire to take you up for rides in these old relics. At the bottom of the page is some excellent info on this plane the second link is for the Douglas Skyraider. http://www.barnstorming.com/documents/51.html?gclid=CMKdipqRsawCFZIDQAodxkqdIg http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/aircraft/skyraidr.htm

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claude19

7:44AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

good series here !

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JohnDelaquiox

7:50AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

awesome

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Debwhosmiles

8:02AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Pretty cool capture! =)

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magnus073

8:34AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Very nice photo of these two classics Richard

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boobunny

8:48AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Thats pretty cool, don't think I have ever seen a green plane. I like it. Nice shot.

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drifterlee

9:14AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

These are cool planes!

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chuter

10:22AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

As penguin357 noted, both aircraft are T-6s, sort of. The Kate is T-6 forward of the wing trailing edge with a BT-13 aft fuselage (and tail) monocoque bolted onto a tubular extension grafted onto the T-6 forward fuselage tube structure. BT-13s don't have retractable gear so only really work for Aichi Vals. Nice picture.

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eekdog

10:41AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

like the old planes, must have been a cool airshow.

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Minda

10:44AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Nice shot Richard..

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carlx

11:04AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Excellent planes and capture!!!

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RodolfoCiminelli

11:16AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

Another excellent photography Richard.....!!!

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neiwil

11:25AM | Sat, 12 November 2011

The headlong rush at the end of WWII, to destroy all of Japans (and Germany's) remaining war inventory, has saddly left entire 'types' missing from present day collections.My hat is raised to those who find and restore such rare beasts, but in the absence of the 'real deal' these looky-likey replicas are the next best thing and always a joy to see, more so when airworthy...thank you for three cracking posts...

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