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Helicopter History Preservation Association (Higashimatsuyama, Japan)

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Visited the HHPA last September, and finally came around to sort what seen;

We tried to contact the owner in advance, but no response, so all was seen from the outside (a short video, just for an impression, can be found at youtube).

Positively identified (either on the spot, or from photos/videos)
30214	H-13KH			JGSDF
31079	OH-6J			JGSDF
61321	TH-55J			JGSDF 'SU'
JA7040	Bell 47G-2		ANA
JA7313	Bell 47G-2		ex Police, repainted with Kawasaki and Asahi Shinbun Antartic Bureau titles
JA7353	Bell 47G-2		Police
JA7460	Bell 47G-2A		
JA9218	Bell 206B		Police
JA7636	Enstrom 280C		Bell Hand Club titles
JA7534	Hughes 269B		
JA9146	SA316B			Osaka City Fire Department
JA7014	Sikorsky S51-1A		
JA2275	Pilatus B4-PC11AF

Assumed identities (but pretty confident they're correct)
8727	Bell 47G-2		JMSDF
8752	Bell 47G-2A		JMSDF
JA7521	KH-4		
JA7566	KH-4			Western Sky titles
JA9016	SE3130		
JA3668	Cessna 182P		
JA3691	Cessna 177RG

Unidentified
-	Bell 47 / KH-4		orange c/s, under canvas
-	Cessna 170B		grey/blue c/s
-	larger helicopter	Bell 222?, under canvas
multi	??			under canvas

Bits and pieces (too small for me to count)
JA3584	Fuji FA-200-160		wings only
JA7676	Hiller UH-12E		tailboom only
-	Hughes 269		cockpit frame only


Known to have been here, but not seen;
JA7323	Bell 47G-2		
JA7559	Bell 47G-2		
JA9068	Bell 204B		
JA9125	Bell 204B		Police
JA9547	Bell 222		
JA9065	Hughes 369HS		ex Police, in fake USAr markings as 25301
JA9204	Hughes 369HS		
JA7528	KH-4		
JA9093	SA316B			Nagoya City Fire Department
The two Hughes 369s had only recently departed to the new "The Hirosawa City" museum in Chikusei (which is now scheduled to open somewhere this year). In the mean time they have been joined by Bell 47 JA7313.
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