Mikuni Flight School, Tachikawa Airport 1929-33

[pomme homme]

Now I know that this is a really long shot but.............does anyone know:

- of any published material, in print or on the net, which covers the history of this flying school in the period 1929-33
- what aircraft the flying school operated in the period 1930-33
- whether the flying school closed in 1933 when civilian flying ceased at Tachikawa Airport
- if not, to where the flying school transferred and what was its history thereafter
- whether there is a successor to the flying school in existence today

or if no-one knows, does anyone know of a forum dealing with Japanese aviation history where I might post this request?

With my thanks in both hope and anticipation!

 

[mesolithic]

are you fluent in Japanese? there are many keijibans with very specific interest groups.

 

[pomme homme]

No, sadly not, mesolithic, which is why this quest is immeasurably more difficult for me and why I'm limited to using English language Japanese fora!

 

[mesolithic]

if you google this term: 御国飛行学校

you would find a PDF file as the first result.

and an e-book preview:
ニッポンが熱狂した大航空時代

 

[pomme homme]

Thank you, mesolithic. I followed the hyperlink but the result displayed was that: 'you have either reached a page that is unavailable for viewing or reached your viewing limit for this book'. I presume that the book is Japanese and is written using kanji and/or kana characters - which maybe is the reason why for me, being in Europe, I received the aforementioned message rather than the text of the book. Thus might I impose upon you, mesolithic, to let me know the gist of that which your google search produced?