Shin Meiwa PS-1 US-1A Flying Boat

The Shin Meiwa PS-1 and US-1A are large STOL aircraft designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and air-sea rescue (SAR) work respectively. The PS-1 was a flying boat which carried its own beaching gear on board, while the US-1A is a true amphibian.

In 1960, Shin Meiwa demonstrated a prototype flying boat, the UF-XS that featured a novel boundary layer control system to provide enhanced STOL performance. The company also built upon its wartime experience (as Kawanishi) to refine the Grumman Albatross hull that the aircraft was based on. In 1966, the JMSDF awarded the company a contract to further develop these ideas into an ASW patrol aircraft. Two prototypes were built under the designation PS-X and flight tests began on October 5, 1967, leading to an order for production under the designation PS-1 in 1969.

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Science & Technology

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• Shin
• Meiwa
• PS-1
• US-1A
• STOL
• aircraft
• anti-submarine
• warfare
• ASW
• amphibian
• flying
• boat
• JMSDF
• Japan

[nocturne1105]

The world's best flying boat

[greenseaships]

Not a particularly attractive airplane... UNTIL YOU SEE IT FLY! Soooo graceful in those super slow landings. Like a crane swooping down on the water.

[anim27]

shinmeiwa=kawanishi

Kawanishi built H8K TYPE2 Flyingboat

[AdamSavage88]

Looks to me more like a sailing plane.

[d73Hify]

stol for a plane that size is an understatement!! real impressive plane but the chop was a little high..looked real close with some water getting into the #1 engine

[xfire7]

Thats impresive

[aTofuJap]

Damn, you have to rinse by fresh water every time after this plane lands on salt water.

[LeoAndRas]

Did you saw the video about US-1A kai Flying

Boat ? This plane have still better STOL characteristics than its ancestors. Who say that

planes like these aren't the finest to SAR ?

[hudson501]

Wow, outstanding short take off and landing capabilities for such a large amphibious aircraft operating on rough seas!  Is the Shin Meiwa PS-1 powered by Allison turbo props similar to those used on the Lockheed C-130 and P-3 Orion?

[qsecgtyhd]

thats amazing, fuckin smart ass japanese, i love how thier so "sub warfare" oriented......and the fact that thing can land in water than rough is just ridiculous...must be hell on those turbo-props