KAYABA

JAPAN

In 1939 a U.S.-built Kellett KD-1A autogiro was exported to Japan. K. K. Kayaba Seisakusho developed Ka-1 along similar lines for Japanese Navy; used for observation, antisubmarine patrol (incl. shipbome), and for testing rocketaugmented rotors. Ka-2 was reengined.


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