| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NR12655 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bellanca J-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bellanca J-3 |
| Aircraft Version: | Bellanca J-3 |
| C/n (msn): | 3005 |
| Aircraft Name: | Hochi-Hinomaru |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | New York - Floyd Bennett Field (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: NOP Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1932 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 578313 |
| Photo Comment |
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Crashed during a test flight from Floyd Bennett Field on March 29, 1932, killing Captain Yoshinori Nagoya. The J-3 was a special long-range conversion of the CH-400 and this aircraft appears to have originally been c/n 632. The fuselage was deepened to provide more space for fuel. Nagoya was planning a non-stop flight from across the Pacific from Los Angeles to Tokyo. The rest of the crew for the proposed Pacific flight were not on the test flight. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 13 June 2023, and has since been viewed 284 times. |