VL Humu

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VL Humu was a Finnish World War II-era fighter aircraft, developed as a domestically produced variant of the American Brewster Buffalo.

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VL Humu canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft ⓘ
prototype aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory low-wing aircraft ⓘ
monoplane ⓘ
single-engine aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
airForceDesignation Humu ⓘ
armament machine guns ⓘ
basedOn Brewster F2A Buffalo ⓘ
linked to: Brewster Buffalo
conflictContext Continuation War ⓘ
constructionType mixed wood-and-metal construction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Finland ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedAs domestically produced variant of Brewster Buffalo ⓘ
designedFor air superiority missions ⓘ
designedTo supplement Brewster Buffalo fighters in Finnish service ⓘ
developedBy Finland ⓘ
developedFrom Brewster B-239 (Finnish export version of Buffalo) ⓘ
linked to: Brewster Buffalo
developedIn World War II ⓘ
developer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
engineType radial piston engine ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1944-08-08 ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of Finnish indigenous fighter development in WWII ⓘ
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
nameLanguage Finnish ⓘ
nationalRegistration HM-671 ⓘ
numberBuilt 1 ⓘ
operator Ilmavoimat ⓘ
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R-1830 (license-built in Finland) ⓘ
primaryUser Finnish Air Force ⓘ
programOutcome did not enter mass production ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
serviceEntry experimental use only ⓘ
status prototype only ⓘ
usedBy Finnish Air Force ⓘ
wingConfiguration cantilever low-wing ⓘ

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