VL Pyörremyrsky

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VL Pyörremyrsky was a Finnish World War II-era single-seat fighter aircraft prototype developed as a domestic counterpart to contemporary German designs.

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VL Pyörremyrsky canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft prototype ⓘ
single-seat fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType monoplane ⓘ
armamentPlanned 12.7 mm machine guns ⓘ
20 mm cannon ⓘ
category Finnish military aircraft ⓘ
World War II fighter aircraft of Finland ⓘ
prototype aircraft ⓘ
cockpitType enclosed cockpit ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constructionMaterial metal ⓘ
wood ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Finland ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedFor Finnish Air Force ⓘ
designedIn Finland ⓘ
designer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
developer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
engineConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
engineModel Daimler-Benz DB 605 ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
era 1940s ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1945-11-21 ⓘ
inspiredBy Messerschmitt Bf 109 ⓘ
intendedAs domestic counterpart to German fighter designs ⓘ
landingGearType retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Valtion Lentokonetehdas ⓘ
nationality Finnish ⓘ
nativeName VL Pyörremyrsky ⓘ
numberBuilt 1 ⓘ
numberOfSeats 1 ⓘ
operator Finnish Air Force ⓘ
preservedAircraftLocation Finnish Aviation Museum ⓘ
primaryUser Finnish Air Force ⓘ
programOutcome did not enter mass production ⓘ
propulsion propeller ⓘ
reasonForDevelopment need for domestically produced high-performance fighter ⓘ
shortage of imported fighter aircraft ⓘ
registrationOrCode VH-201 ⓘ
role fighter ⓘ
status prototype only ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
translationOfName Whirlwind ⓘ
usedBy Finnish Air Force (for testing) ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing ⓘ

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

Valtion Lentokonetehdas → designedAircraft → VL Pyörremyrsky ⓘ
VL Pyörremyrsky → nativeName → VL Pyörremyrsky ⓘ