The Yokosuka Tenga (天河, Milky Way), was a proposal to provide the Imperial Japanese Navy with a jet-powered bomber towards the end of World War II. The concept was to replace the piston engines of the Yokosuka P1Y Ginga with turbojets.[1]
The powerplant selected was the 8.34 kN (1,870 lbf) thrust Ishikawajima Ne-30 then under development. However, before a single example could be built, both the Ne-30 project and the Tenga were cancelled due to technical difficulties with the turbojet design.
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- Miranda, Justo and P. Mercado. Unknown! No. 3. Madrid, Spain: Self-published.
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With some exceptions for rockets, jets and repurposed aircraft, names chosen were for: 1. Winds, 2. Lightning, 3. Nighttime lights, 4. Mountains, 5. Stars/constellations, 6. Seas, 7. Clouds, 8. Plants, 9. Skies, 10. Landscapes, and 11. Flowers. Published translations disagree, and many are simplified, especially for plants, where the Japanese referred to a specific variety and the common translations only to the broader type. |