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VL Tuisku

🇫🇮 Finland ·first flew 1934· advanced trainer or reconnaissance aircraft

🎖️ military piston retired
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
  1. 1. VL Tuisku: No machine-readable author provided. MoRsE assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5
  2. 2. Tuisku right lower wing: MKFI· Public domain
  3. 3. VL Tuisku (35586088775): Valtion Lentokonetehtaan kokoelma / Suomen Ilmailumuseon kuva-arkisto· CC BY 2.0
  4. 4. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132304): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
  5. 5. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132309) Cropped: Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
  6. 6. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132309): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
  7. 7. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132310): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
  8. 8. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132312): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
  9. 9. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132315): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
  10. 10. VL Tuisku (SA-kuva 132336): Sot.virk. Niilo Helander· Public domain
Read about it on Wikipedia ↗
VL Tuisku, photo 1 of 10
1/10 No machine-readable author provided. MoRsE assumed (based on copyright claims).· CC BY-SA 2.5

what is it?

The VL Tuisku (English: Blizzard or Snowstorm) was a Finnish trainer aircraft designed in the 1930s. It was a two-seat, single-engined biplane with a welded steel framework, covered with fabric. 30 were produced for the Finnish Air Force and served from 1935 to 1949.

base stats

  • speed 207 km/htop speed
  • range 1,150 kmwithout refuelling
  • size 1,625 kgmax take-off weight
  • built 31made in total

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 92 years ago, in 1934.
  • Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
  • Range of 1,150 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
1934-01-10
introduced
1935
retired
1949
status
retired
number built
31
role
advanced trainer or reconnaissance aircraft
origin
🇫🇮 Finland
makers
Valtion lentokonetehdas
engines
1× Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVC
crew
2
length
9.4 m
height
3.3 m
max take-off weight
1,625 kg
top speed
207 km/h
cruise speed
170 km/h
range
1,150 km
ceiling
4,400 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q1511185, Wikipedia: VL Tuisku (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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