The Kawanishi Aircraft Company was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active during World War II. It was founded as Kawanishi Engineering Works in 1920 in Hyogo Prefecture as an outgrowth of the Kawanishi conglomerate, which had been funding the Nakajima Aircraft Company, and it built its first aircraft, the Kawanishi K-1 mail-carrying aircraft, in 1921. It was best known for seaplanes such as the H6K and H8K flying boats, and its N1K-J land-based fighter, derived from the N1K1 floatplane fighter, was considered one of the best of the war. After Japan's defeat the company was reborn as Shin Meiwa Industries, later ShinMaywa, which continued to create flying boats such as the PS-1 and US-2.
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Designed by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company for the Imperial Japanese Navy
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Contracts were awarded to both Aichi and Kawanishi to design and build prototypes
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Kawanishi designed a gull winged cantilever monoplane
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Kawanishi's design, given the short designation E13K
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manufactured by the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Kawanishi Aircraft Company
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The E5Y was also built by Kawanishi as the E5K
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Japanese aviation manufacturer Kawanishi Aircraft Company
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the remaining four by Kawanishi in Japan
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The Kawanishi J3K (long designation: Navy Kawanishi 17-shi Interceptor fighter Otsu (B)) was an interceptor fighter
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was an interceptor fighter design developed by the Japanese company Kawanishi
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Kawanishi's first aircraft, the Kawanishi K-1, was designed as a mail carrier.
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The Kawanishi K-10 Transport was a 1920s Japanese passenger and mail transport.
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Kawanishi Aircraft Company to meet an Imperial Japanese Navy requirement
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The sole Kawanishi K-2 was the first specialized Japanese racing aircraft.
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The Kawanishi K-3 was a Japanese, fast, multi-purpose civil transport aircraft from the early 1920s.
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The Kawanishi K-6 was a passenger-carrying biplane floatplane, built in Japan in the 1920s.
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built by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company
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The Kawanishi K-7 Transport Seaplane was a Japanese single-engined biplane floatplane of the 1920s.
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The Kawanishi K-8 Transport Seaplane was a Japanese single-engined floatplane of the 1920s.
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designed and built by the Kawanishi Aircraft Company
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designed and produced by the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Kawanishi Aircraft Company
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The company was founded as Kawanishi Engineering Works in 1920 in Hyōgo Prefecture as an outgrowth of the Kawanishi conglomerate, which had been funding the Nakajima Aircraft Company.
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The Kawanishi Aircraft Company (川西航空機, Kawanishi kōkūki) was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active during World War II.
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The Kawanishi Aircraft Company (川西航空機, Kawanishi kōkūki) was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active during World War II.
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The Kawanishi Aircraft Company (川西航空機, Kawanishi kōkūki) was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active during World War II.
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