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	A6M Zero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mitsubishi A6M Zero was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.
		Designed for attack, the Zero gave precedence to maneuverability and fire-power at the expense of protection—most had no self-sealing tanks or armour plate—thus many Zeros were lost too easily in combat.
		If the Zero followed its original target through the turn, it would come into a position to be fired on by his target's wingman.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mitsubishi_Zero (2131 words)

	0 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ground Zero, the surface point in the vertical of the explosion of a nuclear bomb.
		Zero day or "0day" refers to software, media, or information that is obtained either prior to or on the day of the official release
		In firearms, to "zero" a weapon means to adjust the iron sights or the telescopic sight so that it aims exactly where the bullet goes at a given distance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zero (466 words)

	The Mitsubishi A6M Zero ("Zeke")
		Zeroes were also used for home defense against American bomber raids, and apparently some A6M5s were field-modified with a single upward-firing 20 millimeter cannon to operate as ineffectual night fighters.
		Performance of the Gloster F.5/34 was comparable to that of early model Zeros, and the dimensions were remarkably close to that of the Zero, though the British aircraft was slightly heavier, had a shorter wingspan, and a longer fuselage.
		In fact, during the war, Allied intelligence repeatedly suggested that the Zero was a copy of various other types of foreign aircraft, such as the Howard Hughes 1935 air racer and particularly the Vought 143, a one-off prototype fighter that the Japanese purchased.
	www.vectorsite.net /avzero.html (6201 words)

	The Mitsubishi A6M Zero ("Zeke")
		As the Japanese use both the imported word "zero" and the more traditional native word "rei" for the number "0", this is also sometimes rendered as "Rei-sen", though apparently that wasn't the most common usage.
		Some Zero variants were said to have racks for a total of ten 32 kilogram (70.5 pound) bombs, though it is uncertain that this was a standard feature in all types of the Zero.
		Many IJN pilots thought their Zeroes were invincible, and in fact Japanese intelligence judged the Zero, with considerable justification, to be worth two to five contemporary enemy fighters.
	www.faqs.org /docs/air/avzero.html (6160 words)

	A6M Zero
		Zeros flew long range bomber escort missions during the war in China, before the Pacific war even began, and throughout WW II Japanese carrier air groups out-ranged their US counterparts, primarily because of the great range of the Zero fighter.
		The Zero was designed by Jiro Horikoshi (my father, who had a hand in the P-38 and later models of the P-51 as an AAF aeronautical engineer, was honored to meet Mr.
		The Zero's performance fell off at high altitudes, but the American fighters that opposed it early in the war were even worse in that regard.
	www.chuckhawks.com /zero_A6M.htm (1672 words)

	A6M Zero
		The Zero was originally conceived as a replacement for the Mitsubishi Type 96 (A5M) fighter, the first of the Japanese Navy's operational monoplanes.
		His Zero, which had been built only the previous February, was on its first operational mission, a mission that was also to prove its last in the service of the Japanese Navy.
		The A6M2 Model 21 was the version of the Zero employed at Pearl Harbor and throughout the Pacific during the early stages of the war.
	usfighter.tripod.com /zero.htm (1994 words)

	Axls Planes Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It was the first plane to take off in an attack in which Zeroes from the carriers Shokaku, Zuikaku, Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu escorted the Nakajima B5N and Aichi D3A bombers in their attack on the American fleet.
		The decline of the Zero came as rapidly as its rise.
		The second factor in the decline of the Zero was the loss of skilled pilots.
	www.studenten.net /customasp/axl/profile.asp?cat_id=10&ple_id=105 (2129 words)

	Axis History Factbook: Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The fact that the Zero was not a miraculous design is emphasized by the fact that in the late 1930s, the British designed and flew a fighter that was strikingly similar to the Zero.
		Speed of the Gloster F.5/34 at altitude was 508 KPH (316 MPH), which was comparable to that of early model Zeros, and the dimensions were remarkably close to that of the Zero, though the British aircraft was slightly heavier and had a shorter wingspan and a longer fuselage.
		A number of other Zeros were captured by the Americans after the recovery of Koga's Zero in the summer of 1942, including a dozen A6M5s obtained after the fall of Saipan.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1159 (4908 words)

	Zero (Page 2) - Great Planes - Flight Journal Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Mitsubishi A6M—called "Zero," "Zeke" and "Hamp" by the Allies-was one of the major technological surprises sprung by the Japanese in WW II.
		The Zero was also highly vulnerable to the.50-caliber guns of U.S. fighters-when they were able to hit it.
		Although it was obsolete by mid-1943, when new Allied fighters opposed it, the Zero remained in production until the end of the War, with 3,879 built by Mitsubishi and 6,570 built under license by Nakajima, for a total of 10,449.
	www.flightjournal.com /FJ/plane_profiles/zero/zero.asp (489 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero in the Pacific War (D Llewellyn James) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Zero - allied code-name 'Zeke' - was remarkable in being the first carrier fighter to outperform its land-based equivalents.
		The effectiveness of the Zero was urgently and emphatically reported to Washington by General Chennault, commanding officer of the Flying Tigers, but his report appears to have gone unnoticed.
		However, the improvement it represented was not sufficient, and the Zero was never, after 1943, able to fight on equal terms with the best Allied aircraft.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/compass/A6M.htm (829 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter was the finest shipboard fighter in the world during the first year of the Pacific War.
		One of the primary weaknesses of the early Reisen was its insufficient diving speed, with less-maneuverable Allied fighters often being able to engage the Zero successfully in a diving encounter or else being able to escape destruction by diving to safety, the Zero being unable to follow.
		Despite the fact that the Zero Fighter was by now outclassed by Allied fighters such as the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair, the A6M5 became numerically the most important Japanese fighter and was the version of the Reisen built in the largest numbers.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/a6m.html (8375 words)

	The A6M Zero Store: gifts and souvenirs for the WWII buff
		Guardians - Stunning Ross Buckland painting of two Zeros patroling the homeland in the summer of 1945, with Mt. Fuji in the background.
		Aerodetail Zero - This one is for the modeler.
		Comparable to the Zero, and often mistaken for it, the Ki-43 was even more maneuverable and fragile.
	www.warbirdforum.com /japstore.htm (452 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen - Japan
		The Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen was the next generation, single-seat monoplane fighter, conceived as a replacement for the Mitsubishi A5M.
		The A6M fighter marked the beginning of a new epoch in naval aviation and was the first shipboard fighter capable of surpassing land-based aircraft.
		The A6M possessed many shortcomings, which were only to be revealed six months later when a virtually intact specimen was obtained.
	www.aviation-history.com /mitsubishi/zero.html (1212 words)

	Chief Aircraft Inc - Model Airplanes - Display Models - The Franklin Mint - A6M Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		First flown on April 1, 1939 the A6M Zero is thought to be the most effective Japanese combat plane of World War II.
		The A6M Zero is armed with two 7.7 millimeter machine guns and two 20 millimeter cannons.
		By late 1944, in desperate measures, the Zero's became significant in "Kamikaze" attacks and suicide raids.
	www.chiefaircraft.com /cgi-bin/rcm/hazel.cgi?action=SERVE&item=/Models/DisplayModels/FranklinMint/Zero.html (169 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This plane was light and quick, but it had a problem with the main fuel tank positioned right behind the engine, which had a tendancy to explode in the pilots face upon assult by machine gun fire.
		This had its advantages though, part of the reason the Zero had such manueverablility was the lack of fuel weight in the wings.
		Only 1 Zero (parked in a hanger in Chico Ca.) remains in flying condition today with a few souped up T6 Texans (an american plane similar in exterior apearance to the Zero) painted to look like Zeros for the movie Tora Tora Tora.
	www.core.binghamton.edu /~pilzerei/zero.html (152 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen
		The Zero was certainly agile and it had a phenomenal range especially when a drop-tank was fitted, thanks to its propeller mechanism.
		If a Zero was subjected to a prolonged dive, there was the risk of shedding its wings in the process: this problem was addressed with the introduction of the A6M5 variant.
		During 1944, development of the Zero continued with the conversion of the A6M5 airframes to A6M6 standard by the incorporation of the much awaited Sakae 31 engine with a water-methanol injection, boosting the aircraft's maximum speed to 345mph.
	www.mas.org.mt /?Page=145 (1872 words)

	The Mitsubishi Zero
		This is a resource devoted to the Mitsubishi A6M Japanese fighter aircraft, commonly known at the Mitsubishi Zero.
		Although the site provides considerable background information on the design philosophy of the type and its actual design, construction and use within the Japanese military system, it is primarily devoted to detailing the history of one particular machine.
		This Zero was discovered on the South Pacific island of Bougainville by the Allied military forces.
	mitsubishi_zero.tripod.com (269 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen - Single seat carrier based fighter
		During the subsequent year it seemed that thousands of these fighters were in use, their unrivalled manoeuvrability being matched by unparalleled range with a small engine, 156 gal internal fuel and drop tanks.
		So completely did the A6M sweep away Allied air power that the Japanese nation came to believe it was invincible.
		The final model was the A6M7 Kamikaze version, though hundreds of Zeros of many sub-types were converted for suicide attacks.
	www.btinternet.com /~lee_mail/Zero.html (608 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Koga's Zero was repaired and reflown, and went through an exhaustive series of tests in order to gain information about its strengths and weaknesses.
		Consequently, many Zero dive bombers were forced to fly back to their bases with their bombs still attached, and many were forced to ditch at sea and were lost.
		The Zero Fighter was now beginning to suffer from the disease which had affected lots of other fighters --- a steady increase in the weight caused by the addition of more fuel, armament, and armor without a corresponding increase in engine power.
	www.dse.nl /~wbergmns/info/a6m.htm (8414 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M (Zero / Zeke / Hamp / Rufe)
		A surprise to the outside world, which dismissed Japanese airplane designs as inferior, the Reisen (Zero) was well armed, lightweight fighter that could not be out-turned, and had an amazing range.
		This was the nickname briefly used for the A6M3 Zero.
		When understood to be another model of Zero the name was dropped.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /resources/tech/aircraft/zeke.html (350 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" Pt 3
		The Zero had a lap belt and a single shoulder belt that went from behind the seat, over the left shoulder and to the right side of the seat.
		The limited range is the sole problem for me. A heavy loaden Zero without drop tank and most certainly with a pilot,who did not have the same experience (like a man like Sakai) on a long flight over water and the method of saving fuel while doing this.
		Wing hinomaru were not outlined at the factory level on Zeros by either manufacturer until the advent of the factory-applied two-color camouflage pattern.
	www.j-aircraft.com /faq/A6M_pt3.htm (9806 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Mitsubishi A6M dominated the skies over the Pacific in the early years of World War II.
		Called the Type O or Zero-sen by the Japanese and 'Zeke' by the Allies, the A6M was designed to meet a Imperial Japanese Navy requirement for a replacement for the Mitsubishi A5M.
		Zero fighters guaranteed air superiority for the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
	www.kensaviation.com /A6M.htm (73 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"
		The first Mitsubishi Zero cited is not from the Nimitz Museum and has not definitely been identified as a Mitsubishi built Zero at all and may indeed have come from a Nakajima Zero.
		Well, the color demarcation on the early Zeroes is one station to the rear of the assembly joint.
		Nakajima-built A6M5 model 52 Zero, s/n 1303 [61-121] belonging to the 261 kokutai, is a well known and documented survivor from the hord captured on Saipan.
	www.j-aircraft.com /faq/A6M.htm (11580 words)

	A6M Zero
		Wreckage of a Japanese Zero that crashed at Alola, near Isurava.
		Known to trekers on the Kokoda trail, it was reported to be a crash site, with the hinomaru still visible.
		To date, no firm identity of this Zero has ever been presented.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /aircraft/a6m/alolo.html (112 words)

	Warbird Alley: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
		Ignored by British and American intelligence services (who had access to design plans for the aircraft years before the war) the "Zero" (it was the Navy’ Type O carrier-based fighter) was armed with two 20-mm cannon, two 7.7mm machine guns, and possessed the incredible range of 1930 miles using a centerline drop tank.
		These included Kamikaze’; (divine wind) suicide raids, wherein green pilots would turn their early-model Zeros into aerial bombs for attacks on Allied ships during the battles of Okinawa, Iwo Jima and the Philippines.
		At least two original Zeros are flying today, making them among the rarest and most-prized warbirds on the display circuit today.
	www.warbirdalley.com /zero.htm (516 words)

	Aircraft: Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The popular name was Reisen (which was an abbreviation for Rei Sentoki, or Zero Fighter), so chosen for its type number which was 0, standing for the last digit of the current Japanese year, which was 2600 in the Japanese calendar.
		Kuala Lumpur, CA I am looking for a Mitsubishi Zero to be restored for exhibition purposes.
		It was used in the attack on Malaya, but unfortunately not a single Zero aircraft is exhibited in the country.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/mitsubis/a6m5.htm (385 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero, Japanese Zero model airplanes.
		Japanese Zero, Mitsubishi A6M Zeros model airplanes of the Jap zeros showing Japanese aircraft at their best, the Japanese Zero was the most well know of all Japanese aircraft.
		The A6M Jap Zero is one of the most famous of the Japanese airplanes.
		The Type 52 "Zero" was an upgraded variant of the primary Japanese fighter with a faster top speed and improved armor and armament.
	www.yellowairplane.com /Models_Fighters/airplane_models_A6M_Zero.html (2320 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero
		We have had a lot of requests for the Zero so here it is folks.
		We have supplied a 40 inch wing for the A6M2 version of the Zero.
		A number of variations of this plane were made and the wing span was changed several times.
	www.jkaerotech.com /Zero.htm (636 words)

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