The Shinden – a tailless aircraft with a backward-facing “pusher” propeller, rear-mounted wings with vertical stabilizers, and nose-mounted canards – subverts expectations. Only two ...
Developed in the prefectural capital of Fukuoka during the waning days of the conflict, the plane never saw combat. According to town officials, the Shinden was built at Fukuoka-based Kyushu ...
The work featured a Shinden, a prototype fighter plane of the Imperial Japanese Navy. A model of the Shinden used during the shooting of the film is on display at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial ...