US Checking The Brand New $160 Million Japanese Seaplane 

US2の製造元が新明和工業。新明和工業の前身が川西航空機。川西航空機が作った当時世界最高峰の飛行艇が旧日本海軍の二式大艇。二式大艇のDNAはUS2に受け継がれる😊

Finally, the US found the masterpiece of the Japanese aircraft...

The US really needs to license the design and build our own version. The Japanese are definitely the masters of sea plane design, their WWII models were truly beautiful planes.

I am proud that our country's flying boats have received such high praise from people overseas. On the other hand, ShinMaywa is facing the risk of collapsing its production line due to the extremely low number of orders. This is because orders are limited to the Japan Self-Defense Forces and become more expensive, which suppresses the number of orders, and related companies that can no longer handle the situation withdraw, creating a vicious cycle in which prices become even more expensive. If any good advice from Japan's partner countries, please help us.

This plane is just amazing! We should definitely buy!

海上自衛官のヘルメット ヘルメットのアンテナ　格好良い‼️

JAPANESE flying boat is beautiful , they built amazing flying boats is WW2 , glad they are back too ! 🇯🇵

US Coast Guard should buy these too.

The US-2 is beautiful aircraft, too!!!!

GREAT 👍 JAPANESE NAVY.stand with you ❤ I'm Cambodia

What a fantastic, highly useful aircraft. Order 300 please

J’aimerais féliciter les japonais pour cette formidable réalisation est sûrement ils aura bien autre ..un supporter des réalisations japonaise 👏👏👏👏

The Shin Mae Wa fills several roles. Maritime patrol,Search and Rescue, fisheries patrol,firefighting. I wish the US would adopt them for this role. We need a single,capable airframe. This is better suited to the task than the C-130J, I believe.

The US2 isn't a new airplane. It's been used by the Japanese for over ten years. Should the US get some? Definitely. The US is overly reliant on helicopters, which can't fly very far. Considering the distances that are needed to fly over the Pacific, it only makes sense to have an aircraft that can do so.

Love those seaplanes!

these birds are awesome!!!!i commend the japanese!

WHY DO WE NOT HAVE THESE? These things are awesome! Also those japanese divers look badass😎🇺🇸🇯🇵

I love these Japanese Birds 👍👍❤. They fit right in our Swedish Defence Forces.

The US-2 is the daddy of all seaplanes.

Yo this bird is fantastic! Four turboprops? I am very excited to see this platform being used again. So very cool 👊🏼👍🏼. Amazing capability.

アメリカさん、新明和の存続にも繋がるので買って下さい。 ＵＳ２は贔屓目抜きでも良い飛行艇です。 数機あれば大西洋、太平洋、インド洋でも活躍可能です。

Ive never seen anything that big take off in such a short run from water before. Truly incredible.

That Falcon 200 the US-2 is flying in formation with isn’t actually a Falcon 200. It’s one of Japan’s 26 Hawker 800’s that are used for search and rescue, with two other Hawker 800’s in service for flight inspection.

4:09 looks like Ultra Man or something!

I think the ShinMaywa US-2 is a fantastic aircraft and I think is a better alternative to Boeing P-81 . It is a bit more ' swiss army knife ' in its uses . I like how ShinMaywa looks , its 'Neo - Vintage ' if there is such a thing . A trip to Japan just to see one in action would make a nice vacation .

ShinMaywa US-2 is the world's most powerful flying boat. No other flying boat will be able to match the performance of the US-2.

Amazing to revive the Seaplanes.

Philippines might need one of this for West Philippine Sea re-supply mission.

It reminds me of Howard Hughes's Spruce Goose.

This plus the rapid dragon and the usmc naval strike mssile and you got one of the best weapon system to defend those island close to taiwan.

A very impressive aircraft

Yep great bit of kit uk need to bring them back in service

These are awesome- in Canada we still have some of the ww2 Martin Mars- these are new modern improved look like great fire fighters too- hope our Government buys some.

Just watched a documentary on Pan Am opening up the Pacific with their magnificent Clipper flying boats,the war with Japan ended that of course and because of the war aircraft and landing strips improved .So here we are ,what was new gets old and becomes new again.

I had the pleasure of jumping out of a Catalina Flying Boat in New Zealand in 2002 during a parachute meet on the north island. Jumpers had to squeeze out of a tiny hatch near the back. The interior during the ride up was very cramped with all the room dividers and tech equipment.

I love you japan ❤

U.S and Japan 🇺🇸✅🇯🇵❤🎉👑🦁💪

Wow! This plane is a life savers!

I think the Catalinas retractable pontoon’s is a very clever idea!

I like it they are powerful

3:08 woah! 47 knots?!

Calm water is helpful. Rough conditions on the ocean surface are more difficult. Flying boats are interesting. Know your coastlines and the leeward areas for landings in an emergency.

@ 13:41 When one of those Cables Snap and Whip Across the Deck it usually " Slices the Legs " of who ever in the way " Off " ! " The Navy Ought to put " Protections In Place " !

Looks like WWII! Awesome

I think that all of the commercial Airplanes should be able to land in water and land just incase they ever need to make a landing safely when they are traveling overseas and it would save a lot of lives because since planes been around and more than half of the plane crashes over the years get lost at sea when they go down so they should start making the new commercial Airplanes for land and sea just like this amazing planes that Japan has come out with this thing is insane.

Since we are A water planet and this plane is the Best , it only makes it worth its weight in Gold!

Looks good, why doesnt the Coast Guard or the navy have some of these.

Beautiful

How cool !! A brand new Catalina 😅😅😅

Enjoyed the video but there is a needed correction. The oldest serving Navy is the Portuguese, since the year 1180, and its called Armada Portuguesa. Spain founded their Armada in the 15th century, when the territory became one nation. Before, was a number of kingdoms.

A wonderful seabird!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Love sea planes

it needs a wider side door!!! Other than that what a beautiful aircraft.

These would make great mid ocean refueling tankers to with the ability to sit on the water and wait until the aircraft to be refueled were within range and then Climb to altitude ahead of time and hook up, it would certainly save fuel by not having to continuously orbit while waiting.

We have a track record of helping more than 1000 people.The miraculous rescue of Lieutenant John Nolan of the US Air Force John Nolan on the coast of 1192 km in 1992 is famous.

Very impressive

Amazing airplane

That plane is absolutely awesome. Imagine how awesome your tour of the world in that thing would be?!

I could see these seaplanes being VERY useful in Coast Guard roles. Not only search but actually being able to perform rescues without having to wait for another asset to provide pickup. I know they wouldn't be able to land in every situation. But, it would still be possible in some situations that it is not currently. Also not every rescue at sea is a high stakes OMG the ship is sinking waves crashing over the decks incident. Sometimes its a this guy's having a medical issue and we need a medi-vac 150 miles out. And YES the sea that far out can be smooth enough for one of these to land. Been there. Seen it. Got the Pension for 20 years out doing that.

Seaplanes have always played a part of aviation history.

Fantastia his..the best man

Superb 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Sea plane is amazing😍😱

It was also used by the US Navy, such as the Catalina.

Former Coastie here, and I wish they would look into something like this. ..

Wow , very high tech training , on how to rescue a Melitary can endure the field to fight the enemy , Bless all advance support & help the soldiers be done that the drill training are success

Blohm & Voss made in Japan :-)

astig sana makuha ng pilipinas yan ❤❤

We should have 1 or 2 per carrier battle group including lightening carrier battle groups . Something independent of the carrier battle group but capable of supporting the carrier battle group .

US2最高です👍

Creo que estos aviones pueden ser muy practicos para rescate

at first I thought it was some refurbished WW2 catalina, but damn. Modern day flying boats are wild.

Emily lives on

That is a really cool aircraft errrrr boat plane.....lol

Good morning I love you

03:08 that’s very impressive, flying that slow, I didn’t know it has a dedicated engine for boundary layer control.

Cool :)

Awesome aircraft with boundary layer control, US could learn a lot from this...or licence build it to re establish a lost capability

Such a beauty!

Looks like the expendables plane with new avionic?

In WWII, the Japanese had submarines with aeroplane inside the submarine. You will be surprised where the plane comes from.

Awesome! I *love* flying-boats! This aircraft would probably make an excellent platform for anti-submarine warfare, dropping off sonobuoys and torpedoes - both of which it could carry a truckload of.

If you want an efficient, reliable, long range, flying boat you really need to see what Japan has to offer. Literally a century of being on the leading edge of the tech. Sadly, I'd be surprised if my current government showed the good sense to purchase these.

川西航空機＝戦後：新明和工業＝飛行艇は川西航空機でも実績ありました。紫電・紫電改を作っていたのですから・・・うちのじっちゃん、紫電改の製作に南方戦地から呼び戻され、終戦まで、紫電改の生産に携わっていて・・・でも、戦闘機の内部配線や、防弾装備・機銃などは、アメリカ軍機の技術の高さに、感心していました。 Kawanishi Aircraft = After the war: ShinMaywa Industries = Amphibians were also produced by Kawanishi Aircraft. My grandfather was called back from the southern front to produce the Shiden Kai, and he was involved in the production of the Shiden Kai until the end of the war.

That US-2 jet was not a Falcon 200, it was a BAE 125.

Bravo pour ce nouvel hydravion Japonais.

Isn’t the US2 the modern version of Kawasaki’s WW2 Emily - a deadly Navy flying boat that Allied fighters knew to avoid - it was even more deadly than the British Shorts Sunderland, on which it was based (Kym in Darwin).

The small twin jet is not Falcon, it's British Hawker.

I say they bring back the PBY Catalina back into service because it does the exact thing the US-2 does

I did not know that a large scale sea plane still existed, let alone a modern one. I'm glad that Japan has refined seaplane technology. That 1300 horsepower compressor for boundary layer control is an impressive advancement. Looking into it's history, the US-2 is not 'brand new'. The first 'production' US-2 was built in 2009. But very few have been built. Japan only had 6 in 2018. It's unclear if any have been produced since. The U.S. Navy, Marines and Coast Guard could each use some of these.

Good point that other guy made the USA should get some but they will eventually build their own better than most others

Fantastic !

Archer, Danger Island!

That , , , is one badass sea plane. If I am to be rescued at sea, make it that one.

i want also to see how ShipPlane fly❤

Not even a mention of the Short Sunderland, despite its impressive service record?

In the late 90s the Navy funded a design study to convert C-130 to float planes. It was a quick change kit that would attach floats like you see on float planed and another design that looked like a pumpkin seed. They would be attached at the landing gear with the normal wheels removed. It got as far as scale model testing and looked promising. It was determined that the Navy’s C-130s didn’t have the power needed and at the time they had no plans to buy the then new J model which had ~25% more takeoff power. Recently the Air Force has shown an interest in revising the program and they have the J model planes that would work. All the development work is done. I’m sure the interest in the US-2 is to just get an idea how they’re operated but not to buy them from the Japanese. We don’t do that.

Perfect plane for CSAR and maritime patrol. If it can drop water for fire fighting it can with modifications launch sonobouys ,ALCMS , torpedoes etc etc etc

Ok a! Viry nice

There are many reasons to get this aircraft. Fight against wildfire is probably the most frequent and useful choice. Incidents of wildfires are on the rise everywhere.