VL Tuisku

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The VL Tuisku was a [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] trainer aircraft designed in the 1930s.

It was a two-seat, single-engined biplane with a welded steel framework, covered with fabric.

30 were produced for the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and served from 1935 to 1949.

Design and development


[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], who was the chief designer at the State Aircraft Factory ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien], abbreviated VL)
led a project to create a new trainer aircraft for the Finnish Air Force.

A prototype was built in 1933 and its was first flown on January 10, 1934 by lieutenant U.E. Mäkelä.

Series production began one year later in 1935 - 30 aircraft were built over a period of two years.

The name Tuisku means Snowstorm in English.

Operational history

Three different versions of the aircraft were made: a maritime, a pilot training and a reconnaissance training version.

The aircraft was in use with all Finnish Air Force squadrons until 1949, bearing the identification codes TU-149 – TU-179.

Operators


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Specifications (Landplane)


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General characteristics

• Crew: 2
  
• Length: 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)
  
• Upper wingspan: 12.10 m (39 ft 8 in)
  
• Lower wingspan: 10.28 m (33 ft 9 in)
  
• Height: 3.26 m (10 ft 8 in)
  
• Wing area: 33.65 m² (362.2 sq ft)
  
• Empty weight: 990 kg (2,183 lb)
  
• Max takeoff weight: 1,625 kg (3,583 lb)
  
• Powerplant: 1 × [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] IVC 7-cylinder radial aircooled, 160 kW (215 hp)