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was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer which produced several designs for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The company was established in 1898 in Nagoya as Aichi Tokei Denki Seizo Co., Ltd. (Aichi Watch and Electric Manufacturing Company). Aircraft production started in 1920,〔Mikesh and Abe 1990, p. 61.〕 and the company relied initially on technical assistance from Heinkel,〔 which influenced some of their designs. Later, with the prodding and support of the Imperial Japanese Navy, the company started making seaplanes using technology imported from Short Brothers in the UK.〔Odagiri 1996, p. 216.〕 During the inter-war period, Aichi was the beneficiary of technology transferred from Heinkel, Germany. At the time, a team from the League of Nations occasionally visited German aircraft manufacturers to monitor the ban on military aircraft research and production. A Japanese military attache who was a member of the monitoring team, let Heinkel know, confidentially and in advance, of the planned visits. Heinkel thus succeeded in continuing its design on the aircraft ordered by Aichi Aircraft without being spotted.〔Odagiri 1996, p. 217.〕 In 1943 the aircraft division was spun off as Aichi Kokuki Co., Ltd. (Aichi Aircraft Company).〔Mikesh and Abe 1990, p. 79.〕 After the war, the company was dissolved. Its current descendant, Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd., manufactures automotive parts and light trucks for Nissan.〔 〕 ==Aircraft== *Aichi AB-2 *Aichi AB-3 *Aichi AB-4 *Aichi AB-6 *Aichi B7A *Aichi D1A *Aichi D3A *Aichi E3A *Aichi E8A *Aichi E10A *Aichi E11A *Aichi E13A *Aichi E16A *Aichi F1A *Aichi H9A *Aichi M6A *Aichi S1A 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aichi Kokuki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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