11.   The aircraft is able to carry huge loads over vast distances.

12.   The aircraft is in very poor condition and is unlikely to be capable of a full restoration.

13.   The aircraft is still in the early stages of testing and production.

14.   The aircraft was almost ten miles off course.

15.   The aircraft was due for its annual inspection.

16.   The aircraft was stored de-rigged in farm buildings.

17.   The difficulties were considerable for aircraft were still primitive with open cockpits, and airfields were very few and far between.

18.   Their aircraft were in advance of those used by the US.

19.   There were two aircraft casualties, a Zero crashed on take-off from the Hiryu and a Kate suffered engine failure.