3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Redigo 01: Towpilot· CC BY 3.0
- 2. Valmet L-90TP Redigo, Mexico - Navy JP6078267: André Du-pont (Mexico Air Spotters)· GFDL 1.2
- 3. Valmet Redigo at Helsinki–Vantaa: Maciej Kasprzyk from Poland· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Valmet L-90 Redigo is a turboprop-powered military basic trainer aircraft and liaison aircraft, a development of Valmet's earlier training aircraft for the Finnish Air Force. The L-90 was the last military aircraft designed and produced in Finland.
How to recognise it: 1 turboprop · 10.6 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 41 years ago, in 1985.
- Top speed is 2.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.6 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
turboprop: A jet-style turbine turning a propeller: efficient on short hops.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1985-02-12
- introduced
- 1992
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- role
- trainer / liaison
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- makers
- Valmet
- engines
- 1× Allison 250-B17F / turboprop / Allison 250
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.5 m
- wingspan
- 10.6 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,350 kg
- top speed
- 354 km/h
- cruise speed
- 326 km/h
- range
- 1,000 km
- ceiling
- 6,340 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q381152, Wikipedia: Valmet L-90 Redigo (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.