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Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Company (NAMC) YS-11A twin turboprop airliner JA8731 is parked in front of the Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum in Gifu Prefecture. It is displayed as a YS-11A-500R short-range airliner of its last owner, Air Nippon (ANK), which was absorbed by its owner All Nippon Airways (ANA). The YS-11 did not sell as well as other Douglas DC-3 replacements, with only 182 planes sold, and was retired when airlines felt it would be too expensive to refit the planes to comply with a Japanese government requirement for TCAS. This was Japan's last domestically-built commercial airliner for decades, and the Japanese aviation industry is now counting on the success of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) against stiff international competition.

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Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Company (NAMC) YS-11A twin turboprop airliner JA8731 is parked in front of the Kakamigahara Aerospace Science Museum in Gifu Prefecture. It is displayed as a YS-11A-500R short-range airliner of its last owner, Air Nippon (ANK), which was absorbed by its owner All Nippon Airways (ANA). The YS-11 did not sell as well as other Douglas DC-3 replacements, with only 182 planes sold, and was retired when airlines felt it would be too expensive to refit the planes to comply with a Japanese government requirement for TCAS. This was Japan's last domestically-built commercial airliner for decades, and the Japanese aviation industry is now counting on the success of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) against stiff international competition.