Kawasaki C-1
With the Kawasaki C-1 in Group Kawasaki was the first Japanese transport aircraft with jet engines. The hull was later American C- 17 is not dissimilar. For loading, it has a large loading ramp at the rear. The two jet engines are housed in nacelles on the swept wing of the shoulder Deckers. The retractable into lateral Rumpfwülste main landing gear is designed as a four-wheeled car chassis, the nose gear is Twin.
The two prototypes began on 12 November 1970 or January 16, 1971 their first flights. In 1973, two pre-production aircraft were delivered to the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.
The machines of the C -1A series should replace the obsolete Curtiss C-46 Commando.
For ECM Training Kawasaki modified the 21 series machine for EC -1. This first flew on 3 December 1984 and was recognized by large radomes on the tail base and at the bow.
Based on the C-1 at the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL ) was the experimental STOL aircraft Asuka. As engines FJR710 four turbofans came with high bypass ratio for installation. From the year 2001, the successor Kawasaki C- 2 was developed at Kawasaki, which on 26 January 2010 had its first flight and now gradually to replace this type of aircraft.