Fuji LM-1 Nikko

LM-1 Nikko
Airworthy Fuji LM-1 Nikko of 1955 in JGSDF markings at Lakeland, Florida, in April 2009
Role	military communications aircraft
National origin	Japan
Manufacturer	Fuji Heavy Industries
First flight	6 June 1955
Introduction	1955
Primary user	Japanese Air Self-Defense Force
Number built	27
Developed from	Beech T-34 Mentor
Variants	Fuji KM-2 RTAF-2

The Fuji LM-1 Nikko is a Japanese light communications aircraft of the 1950s.

Fuji Heavy Industries built 176 Beech T-34 Mentor two-seat training aircraft under licence in the early 1950s. Fuji then redesigned the basic Mentor as a four-seat communications aircraft under the designation LM-1. A new lengthened centre fuselage was added to the Mentor's wing, undercarriage and tail assembly. 27 LM-1s were produced during 1955/56.

The LM-1s were delivered to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) and were used for communications and general duties. After withdrawal from operation, several LM-1s were sold on the U.S. civil market and are flown by civil pilots as "warbirds".

LM-1: four-seat communications aircraft with 225 h.p. (168 kW) Continental engine (27 built)

LM-2: higher-powered version with 340 h.p. (254 kW) Lycoming engine (2 built)

RTAF-2: a variant developed in Thailand by Thai Aviation Industry.

Data from Green, 1956, p. 86

General characteristics

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