Personal plane modeled after device in 'Nausicaa'

Personal plane modeled after device in 'Nausicaa'

SAPPORO, Japan - Designer Kazuhiko Hachiya on July 26, 2014, stands in front of a compact airplane which he developed based on a flying device that appeared in Hayao Miyazaki's animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture.

NASA engineer flies his Japanese rescuers to L.A.

NASA engineer flies his Japanese rescuers to L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Leonard Efron (R), a senior NASA engineer, poses with Keiko Asano (C) and Kazuhito Hachiya (L) both from Chiba Prefecture, at a television station on a Los Angeles suburb July 6. He has paid the flight expenses to bring the two Japanese mountain climbers to Los Angeles. Efron fell about 100 meters while descending Mt. Fuji last year and sustained serious injuries before Asano and Hachiya came to his rescue.

NASA engineer flies his Japanese rescuers to L.A.

NASA engineer flies his Japanese rescuers to L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Leonard Efron (R), a senior NASA engineer, poses with Keiko Asano (C) and Kazuhito Hachiya (L) both from Chiba Prefecture, at a television station on a Los Angeles suburb July 6. He has paid the flight expenses to bring the two Japanese mountain climbers to Los Angeles. Efron fell about 100 meters while descending Mt. Fuji last year and sustained serious injuries before Asano and Hachiya came to his rescue.

Personal plane modeled after device in 'Nausicaa'

Personal plane modeled after device in 'Nausicaa'

SAPPORO, Japan - Designer Kazuhiko Hachiya on July 26, 2014, stands in front of a compact airplane which he developed based on a flying device that appeared in Hayao Miyazaki's animated movie "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind," at Takikawa Sky Park in Takikawa, Hokkaido Prefecture. (Kyodo)