1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Tuuli III 1957: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
The Valmet Tuuli was a trainer aircraft, developed for the Finnish Air Force by the State Aircraft Factory (Valtion lentokonetehdas, VL). The aircraft was to be produced in 3 different versions. The last version, Tuuli III was redesigned from scratch, and is basically an entirely different aircraft.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,125 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1951-09-26
- number built
- —
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Valmet
- engines
- 1× Continental O-470-A
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,640 kg
- top speed
- 255 km/h
- cruise speed
- 215 km/h
- range
- 1,125 km
- ceiling
- 5,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q824999, Wikipedia: Valmet Tuuli (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.