VL Myrsky

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VL Myrsky was a Finnish World War II-era fighter aircraft developed as an indigenous design to strengthen Finland’s air force capabilities.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
VL Myrsky canonical 2
VL Myrsky II 1
VL Myrsky III 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low‑wing monoplane ⓘ
retractable landing gear ⓘ
airframeMaterial mixed wood‑metal construction ⓘ
armament light bombs ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
category Finnish military aircraft ⓘ
World War II fighter aircraft of Finland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Finland ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedBy Arvo Ylinen ⓘ
designedFor indigenous Finnish fighter requirement ⓘ
designedTo strengthen Finnish air defence capabilities ⓘ
developedDuring Continuation War ⓘ
developer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
engineConfiguration single‑engine ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1941 ⓘ
hasVariant VL Myrsky II ⓘ
linked to: VL Myrsky

VL Myrsky III ⓘ
linked to: VL Myrsky
introduced 1943 ⓘ
manufacturer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
maxSpeed approximately 530 km/h ⓘ
museumDisplay Finnish Aviation Museum (reconstruction project) ⓘ
notableIssue problems with fabric covering ⓘ
structural problems in wings ⓘ
numberBuilt about 50 ⓘ
operator Finnish Air Force ⓘ
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R‑1830 Twin Wasp (license‑built) ⓘ
primaryUser Finnish Air Force ⓘ
retired late 1940s ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
fighter‑bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 10,000 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
survivingExamples partial airframes and components in museums ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VL → designedAircraft → VL Myrsky ⓘ
VL Myrsky → hasVariant → VL Myrsky II ⓘ
linked to: VL Myrsky
VL Myrsky → hasVariant → VL Myrsky III ⓘ
linked to: VL Myrsky