New name from 1936 of Ishikawajima Aircraft Company
Ltd. Built for Japanese Army Air Force the Ki-9 and
Ki-17 two-seat biplane trainers from 1935-1942 and
1935-1944 respectively; Ki-36 Army co-operation monoplane
and its trainer derivative,
Ki-36
the Ki-55 (1938-1944
and 1939-1943); the twin-engined Ki-54 multipurpose
trainer-transport (1940-1945) and, under license as the
army Type LO, 64 examples of the Lockheed Model 14
twin-engined transport. Other ventures included the Ki-
74 long-range pressurized twin-engined reconaissancebomber
of 1944-1945 and prototypes of the twin-engined
reconaissance Ki-70, Ki-77 and Ki-94 high-altitude
"heavy" fighter. Company re-formed November 1949 as
Shin Tachikawa Kokuki Kabushiki Kaisha. Built prototypes
of the R-52 lightplane (first all-Japanese post-war aircraft)
and R-53 in 1950s.
