Six to seven hours over- water in a single-seat fighter is too much, especially if they have to keep it up for days.
It was the first single-seat fighter of wholly Japanese design and construction.
He was responsible for test flying the Hawker single-seat fighters as they left the production line.
This was the first transatlantic crossing successfully made by single-seat fighters.
Classified in the category C.1 (single-seat fighter), 75 aircraft were produced.
D.520s were the only French single-seat fighters capable of making the trip to Syria.
Single-seat fighters that lacked wingmen were shown to be especially vulnerable.
Single-seat fighter, with a carburated R-1340-33 and a modified fuel system; 23 built.
All but two claims were over single-seat fighters.
As part of this agreement, 550 examples of the D.520 were ordered to replace all other single-seat fighters in service.