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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Grendel on September 05, 2001, 02:17:00 AM

Title: now this alternative plane would have been cool
Post by: Grendel on September 05, 2001, 02:17:00 AM

I stumbled to a discussion about "FInnish Mosquito" in Finnish Air Force in World War II - Discussion Forum at http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/46825. (http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/46825.)

Now check THIS out:
 http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=46825&messageid=998278634 (http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=46825&messageid=998278634)

Finnish Mosquito....a "What if"

Fast Google search and...
 http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/lekot.htm (http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/lekot.htm)

  (http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/vihuri2.jpg)  

  (http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/wihuri.jpg)  

VL Vihuri, Finnish copy of Mosquito equipped with Daimler-Benz engines. Aerodynamically similar, structurically different, using mix of recycled German and Russian equipment.

Wow!

And those other planes in http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/lekot.htm (http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/lekot.htm)  ain't too sissy either:

Estonian Spitfire, 12 ordered, none delivered before Soviet Union annexed Estonia:

  (http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/espit.jpg)  

Nice!

or Bristol Bulldog fighter with 20 mm cannon? FAF had actually ordered some cannons, most likely for test purposes.

  (http://www.kolumbus.fi/jik/buldog.jpg)  

Always a surprise waiting behind some corner!

Hmmmmm. Found this site:
 http://www.tutka.net/~jr73/ (http://www.tutka.net/~jr73/)

"Finnish Air Force - Almost In Service"

Very informative and interesting. IMHO.

Ok who finds this plane and knows what it was? ;-) (Finns, shoo)

  (http://www.tutka.net/~jr73/PM.jpg)

Title: now this alternative plane would have been cool
Post by: buscaglia on September 06, 2001, 07:56:00 AM

well well, i do remember this plane, wasnt it somethin like the contrary of the spanish Cmasa 109---> in other words a sort of spit Daimler engined?
                  How much am i wrong  :)?

Title: now this alternative plane would have been cool
Post by: Grendel on September 11, 2001, 02:07:00 AM

Actually that is a Finnish copy of Messerchmitt 109 G. More streamlined, more wood, same engine. Slightly slower, more agile.

Called "Pyörremyrsky".