Japan Coast Guard: Aircraft Data File The Japan Coast Guard’s first NAMC YS-11A JA8701 made its maiden flight on January 27, 1969. Almost exactly 42 years later, on January 19, 2011, Blue Eleven was operated on the last flight of a Japanese-registered YS-11, to Miho AB in Tottori Prefecture. The following day, she was transferred … Continue reading Japan Coast Guard: Aircraft Data File