The VL Myrsky ("Storm") is a Finnish World War II fighter aircraft originally developed by Valtion lentokonetehdas for the Finnish Air Force. The models...
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Soviet Polikarpov I-16 and I153 were considered obsolete, the Finnish VL Myrsky was rejected due to its all-wooden construction, and while Japan offered...
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but the best pilots, like the He 162. CAC Wirraway CAC Boomerang VL Humu VL Myrsky Caudron C.714 Designed as a wooden lightweight fighter to increase...
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the control off completely. This was a serious problem on the Zero and VL Myrsky. When problems with poor control at high speed were first encountered...
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Saab 17 Saab 18 Short Sunderland V Seversky P-35 Vickers Wellington IV VL Myrsky – Finnish "emergency fighter" Vultee P-66 Vanguard Model R-1830-65 on...
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in 1938, Braniff Flight 542 in 1959, or the prototypes for Finland's VL Myrsky fighter aircraft in the early 1940s. Famously, the original Tacoma Narrows...
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also to the indigenous Finnish VL Myrsky fighter aircraft. The weapon was also planned to be used on the VL Humu and VL Pyörremyrsky fighter aircraft if...
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trapezoidal wings, as well as serving to test these structures for the VL Myrsky. While these new wings did reduce the risk of stalls, they made the aircraft...
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Petlyakov Pe-3 Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk VL Myrsky Tupolev SB Bristol Blenheim Dornier Do 17 Junkers Ju 88 Petlyakov Pe-2...
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During his time at VL, he participated in the design of VL Myrsky, VL Pyörremyrsky, and VL Pyry. He held the military grade of Captain of Engineering...
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