Hideo Itokawa
Hideo Itokawa, a designer for the Japanese Imperial Army and, later, a pioneer designer of its rockets, died Feb. 21 of a brain infection. He was 86. Itokawa was an engineer for Nakajima Aircraft Co. from 1935-45 and led a team that developed the KI-43 Hayabusa (known as Oscar to U.S. forces) attack...
Subscription Required
This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.
Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.
Already an AWIN subscriber? Login
Did you know? Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.