The first trip to Japan is close to America, inspired by the pioneering achievement of Wright Brazers. Many countries, including Japan, were either the development of similar innovations or eager to bring this transformative technology to its countries.
The honor of the first journey in Japan in history goes to Yoshithoshi Tokogawa, who moved to the air at only 27 years. Here is how his inspiring story revealed.
A French trips
After the first flight of Wright Prades in Kitty Hook, North Carolina, Japan was looking to invest in flying. In the following years, the Japanese army sent individuals to Europe to learn more about flying and possibly obtaining planes for Japan.
Japan will send Captain Tokogawa to France in 1908. His colleague, Heno Kumazo, will end in Germany. Komazo will learn to fly at the Johanistal Air Stadium near Berlin.
Tokugawa was registered at the FARMAN WORKS, which was recently opened in étampes. Students from other countries such as Germany, Austria and Poland attended.
In the book Contact!: The story of the first pilots Written by Henry Sirano Velad Learning in the academy:
The education then consists of ten five -minute training trips at a height of thirty meters [100 feet]. The student was installed behind the coach’s back and had to reach his shoulder to hold the stick. Because of the torque of the engine, the left turns were easier on the right from the right, and this was the only allowed type.
The book claims to learn to fly in Pharman was similar to a bike ride. The students graduated after flying successfully on their own several times.
Fly in the emerging sun
By 1910, Tokugawa and Kumazō returned to Japan with aircraft. Tokugawa bought factors with Henry Varman III, while Kumazo acquired the Monoplan -class plane. Young people brought planes to Japan on ships.
On December 19, 1910, Tokogawa and Kumazo tried to do so Their planes fly At Yoyogi Parade Ground, a military training field at the time.
The first trip in Tokogawa on Varman was not about 230 feet from the ground. The journey lasted four minutes and traveled nearly two miles.
As for Kumazo, his first trip to Hans’s degree was not approximately 150 feet from the ground. The journey lasted only one minute, as it was only traveling more than half a mile.
Flights have made immediate addresses throughout Japan. However, while both men managed to have a trip that day, Tokugawa was recognized as the first man in Japan to fly.
Air translation in Japan
On April 1, 1911, the first airport in Japan was opened: Tokoruzawa Airport in Tukuruzawa. Tokugawa was heading there on April 5, 1911. However, this trip was not like the first trip in Japan, when it traveled only half a mile at an altitude of 32 feet.
The longest trip occurred in Tokugawa on April 23, 1911. One hour flew and nine minutes using a BalhuturatAnd that he bought later in France.
The airport will become the birthplace of the first plane in Japan that year: Kai Cheeky (Kay Kai) No. 1. Tokogawa developed the plane and its fleet in October.
The historical importance of these early aviation sites lasts today. Tokorozawa Airport has been transferred to the Tokorozawa Air Museum, a site dedicated to maintaining the heritage of Japanese airline. The museum displays artifacts, aircraft and exhibitions that highlight the leading efforts in Tokugawa and others. Likewise, Yoyogi Parade Ground, another early flight site, is now Yoyogi Park in Tokyo. This park includes a memorial in honor of Lukogawa, Kumazo Hino (another early flight figure), and the first flight of Japan, which works as a general praise of the scent of aviation in the country.