VL Pyry

The VL Pyry was built by the Finnish national aerospace company Valtion lentokonetehdas two-seat trainer aircraft of the Finnish Air Force.

Development and use

1937 called for the Finnish Air Force to build the first prototype with the designation VL Pyry I and the identification PY -1. The design team, headed by chief designer Arvo Martti Vainio Ylinenen worked, Torsti Verkkola, and Edward Wegelius. The aircraft was manufactured in mixed construction made ​​of wood, steel, fabric and duralumin. On 29 March 1939 the aircraft with test pilot Lieutenant Jorma Visapää took off on its maiden flight. In May this year, the Finnish Air Force 40 machines that were operational in the spring of 1941 ordered. The series design was referred to as VL Pyry II and the machines carried the identification PY- 2 - PY -41.

The Air Force School in Kauhava 1941 was the first to be equipped with Pyrys. With this aircraft pilots were trained for 20 years and it has become one of the most successful Finnish school aircraft. Approximately 700 student pilots were thus formed in a total of more than 56,000 flight hours per pilot. In March 1943 it was the first time an accident with a Pyry when Major EO Ehrnrooth the aircraft is exposed to large loads. Ehrnrooth, who was commander of a squadron Messerschmitt Bf 109 aircraft at the time, came in this accident. The Pyry was 1939-1962 in use. On September 7, 1962, the last flight was carried out on a Pyry. It flew Captain Veikko Hietamies the PY- 1 and Lieutenant Keijo Elio the PY- 27th

Military use

Specifications

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