| Company type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aircraft manufacturing |
| Founded | 1898; 127 years ago (1898) inNagoya, Japan |
| Fate | Integrated intoNissan |
| Successor | Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd |
| Products | Aircraft |
| Parent | Nissan |
| Website | Aichi Kokuki corporate website |
Aichi Kokuki KK (愛知航空機株式会社,Aichi Kōkūki Kabushiki Kaisha; Aichi Aircraft Co., Ltd.) was a Japaneseaerospace manufacturer which produced several designs for theImperial Japanese Navy. After the war, the company was reorganized asAichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd (愛知機械工業) where they made smallkei cars until 1966 when they were integrated intoNissan and developed theNissan Sunny andNissan Vanette.
The company was established in 1898 inNagoya asAichi Tokei Denki Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi Watch and Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.). Aircraft production started in1920,[1] and the company relied initially on technical assistance fromHeinkel,[1] which influenced some of their designs. Later, with the prodding and support of theImperial Japanese Navy, the company started making seaplanes using technology imported fromShort Brothers in theUK.[2]
During the inter-war period, Aichi was the beneficiary of technology transferred fromHeinkel of Germany. At the time, a team from theLeague 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.[3]
In1943 the aircraft division was spun off asAichi Kokuki Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi Aircraft Co., Ltd.).[4]
After the war, the company was reorganized, manufacturingkei cars under theCony brand name in Japan. Its current descendant,Aichi Kikai Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha (Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.), is integrated with theNissan corporate structure.[5]
| Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi AB-1 | 1928 | 1 | Single engine biplane airliner |
| Aichi AB-2 | 1930 | 2 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AB-3 | 1932 | 1 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AB-4 | 1932 | 6 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat |
| Aichi AB-5 | 1[6] | License built single engine biplane floatplane | |
| Aichi AB-6 | 1933 | 1 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AB-7 | 2 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane | |
| Aichi AB-8 [jp] | 1 | Single engine biplane dive bomber | |
| Aichi AB-9 | 1[7] | Single engine biplane dive bomber | |
| Aichi AB-10 | Single engine biplane dive bomber | ||
| Aichi AB-11 | N/A | 0 | Single engine biplane dive bomber |
| Aichi AB-12 | 1934 | 15 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat |
| Aichi AB-13 | 1936 | 2 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AB-14 | 1937 | 17 | Single engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat |
| Aichi AM-7 | N/A | 0 | Unbuilt single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AM-10 | N/A | 0 | Unbuilt single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AM-15 [jp] | N/A | 0 | Unbuilt single engine monoplane fighteror unbuilt single engine monoplane sports plane[a] |
| Aichi AM-16 [jp] | N/A | 0 | Twin engine monoplane reconnaissance flying boat |
| Aichi AM-17 | 1938 | 1,495 | Single engine monoplane dive bomber |
| Aichi AM-18 [jp] | 2 | Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane | |
| Aichi AM-19 | 133[b] | Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane | |
| Aichi AM-20 | N/A | 0 | Unbuilt single engine monoplane reconnaissance airplane |
| Aichi AM-21 | 1940 | 31 | Twin engine monoplane trainer flying boat |
| Aichi AM-22 | 1942 | 256 | Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi AM-23 | 1942 | 114 | Single engine monoplane torpedo bomber |
| Aichi AM-24 | 1943 | 28 | Single engine monoplane dive bomber floatplane |
| Aichi AM-25 | N/A | 2 | Twin engine monoplane night fighter |
| Aichi Type H | 2[c] | License built single engine biplane carrier fighter | |
| Aichi Type 2 Single-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane | 1[d] | License built single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane | |
| Aichi Type 15-Ko Reconnaissance Seaplane | 1925 | 4 | Single engine monoplane reconnaissance floatplane |
| Aichi Type 2 Two-seat Reconnaissance Seaplane | 16 | License built single engine biplane reconnaissance floatplane |
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