Japan's first flight

On this day, December 19th. in 1910, Army officer Tokugawa Yoshitoshi (1884-1963) made Japan's first successful flight at Yoyogii Park in Tokyo, which was a training ground at that time. 

The plane was a French-made Henri-Farman biplane. The flight time was only four minutes long and the plane only reached a maximum altitude of 70 meters. Reportedly, the plane traveled a distance of 3,000 meters. 

The biplane pictured in this post is one of many planes you can see at Tokorozawa Aviation Museum in Tokorozawa Aviation Memorial Park, Saitama Prefecture, beside Tokyo.