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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Valmet L-70 Vinka: MattiPaavola· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. Valmet L-70 Miltrainer OH-VAA 1 (cropped): Htm· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 2024, Fairford, Finland, L-70 Vinka, OH-ION, VN-20 - 9222 (53999054088): Jim van de Burgt from Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands· CC0
- 4. L-70 Vinka (53996811498): Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Valmet L-70 Vinka wind tunnel model, Finnish Aviation Museum, Vantaa (September 2014): Markus Säynevirta· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. Valmet L-70 Vinka, Finland - Air Force AN2070065: Steve Fitzgerald· GFDL 1.2
- 7. Valmet Vinka (VN-3) Tour de Sky 2014 01: MKFI· Public domain
- 8. Valmet Vinka (VN-3) Tour de Sky 2014 02: MKFI· Public domain
- 9. Valmet Vinka at Kauhava Air Show 2025: VynedJ· CC BY 4.0
- 10. Valmet Vinka ja CASA C-295 Turku Airshow 2015: MKFI· Public domain
what is it?
The Valmet L-70 Vinka is a Finnish-designed piston-powered military basic trainer aircraft of the 1970s.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 51 years ago, in 1975.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1975-07-01
- introduced
- 1980
- retired
- 2022
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- role
- trainer aircraft
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- makers
- Valmet
- engines
- 1× Lycoming AEIO-360-A1B6
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.5 m
- wingspan
- 9.9 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,250 kg
- top speed
- 240 km/h
- cruise speed
- 222 km/h
- range
- 860 km
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2298476, Wikipedia: Valmet L-70 Vinka (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.