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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VL Humu canonical | 1 |
Statements (39)
| 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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