VL Humu

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VL Humu was a Finnish World War II-era fighter aircraft, developed as a domestically produced variant of the American Brewster Buffalo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft
prototype aircraft
aircraftCategory low-wing aircraft
monoplane
single-engine aircraft
single-seat aircraft
airForceDesignation Humu NERFINISHED
armament machine guns
basedOn Brewster F2A Buffalo NERFINISHED
conflictContext Continuation War NERFINISHED
constructionType mixed wood-and-metal construction
countryOfOrigin Finland
crew 1
designedAs domestically produced variant of Brewster Buffalo
designedFor air superiority missions
designedTo supplement Brewster Buffalo fighters in Finnish service
developedBy Finland NERFINISHED
developedFrom Brewster B-239 (Finnish export version of Buffalo) NERFINISHED
developedIn World War II NERFINISHED
developer Valtion Lentokonetehdas NERFINISHED
engineType radial piston engine
era World War II
firstFlightDate 1944-08-08
historicalSignificance example of Finnish indigenous fighter development in WWII
landingGear retractable conventional landing gear
manufacturer Valtion Lentokonetehdas NERFINISHED
nameLanguage Finnish
nationalRegistration HM-671
numberBuilt 1
operator Ilmavoimat NERFINISHED
powerplant Pratt & Whitney R-1830 (license-built in Finland) NERFINISHED
primaryUser Finnish Air Force NERFINISHED
programOutcome did not enter mass production
propulsion propeller-driven
role fighter
serviceEntry experimental use only
status prototype only
usedBy Finnish Air Force NERFINISHED
wingConfiguration cantilever low-wing

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