The Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, or NAMC, was the manufacturer of Japan's only post-World War 2 production airliner to enter service, the YS-11.
The NAMC YS-11
The cockpit of a YS-11, originally designed and built by Showa Aircraft
Mitsubishi heavy industries building konan minato tokyo
NAMC YS-11
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The NAMC YS-11 is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, a Japanese consortium. It was the only post-war airliner to be wholly designed and manufactur
Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
…日本航空機製造株式会社 Nihon Kōkūki Seizō Kabushiki-gaisha), or NAMC, was the manufacturer of Japan's only post-World War 2 production airliner to enter service, the YS-11. NAMC was a consortium of several manufacturing companies and university professors. It was founded during April 1957 by executives from Mitsubishi…
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force YS-11M in 2013
A wind tunnel model of the YS-11
Mey-Air YS-11 in 1971
Piedmont Airlines YS-11A at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Crystal City, Virginia, with the United States Capitol in the background in 1972