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VL Myrsky
🇫🇮 Finland ·first flew 1941· reconnaissance, fighter
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. VL Myrsky: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. VL Myrsky II 20180710 125502 nosig: Flyernzl· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. VL Myrsky II wind tunnel model: Jukka Kolppanen· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. VL Myrsky Wind Tunnel Model 2009-07-03b: Myllyre· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The VL Myrsky ("Storm") is a Finnish World War II fighter aircraft originally developed by Valtion lentokonetehdas for the Finnish Air Force. The models of the aircraft were Myrsky I, Myrsky II, and Myrsky III. It was designed by Edward Wegelius, Martti Vainio and Torsti Verkkola who worked at Valtion lentokonetehdas.
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 85 years ago, in 1941.
- Top speed is 4.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1941
- introduced
- 1943
- retired
- 1947
- status
- retired
- number built
- 51
- role
- reconnaissance, fighter
- origin
- 🇫🇮 Finland
- makers
- Valtion lentokonetehdas
- engines
- 1× SFA-built Pratt & Whitney R-1830-SC3-G Twin Wasp
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8.4 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,211 kg
- top speed
- 530 km/h
- cruise speed
- 399 km/h
- range
- 499 km
- ceiling
- 9,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q771742, Wikipedia: VL Myrsky (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.