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It's a Humu...

Posted by Richard Allnutt on Fri Feb 13, 2004 09:16:48 PM

In reply top Re: Hurricane posted by Tony C on Fri Feb 13, 2004 12:01:29 PM

The Finns do have a buffalo... sort of. The aircraft in their museum which looks like a buffalo is a hybrid prototype that they built during the war. The fuselage comes from a buffalo, but the wings were a new design made of wood. It didn't work, but the aircraft did survive, although I think that much of the wooden wings are new-build. They do have at least one 109 as well, and if I remember from Dave McDonald's excellent 109 listing in Classic Wings Downunder, there are the remains of several other 109's in various condition in Finland.

Richard

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: Both the Buffalo and '109 look like large scale models but
: would love to be wrong!
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: Tony

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