Aeroplane Monthly 1984-10
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Two of the 15 Martinsyde F.4 Buzzards used by the Finnish Air Force between 1923 and 1939. MA-24 is exhibited now at Tikkakoski.
In 1928 the Finnish Government purchased a Blackburn Ripon IIF to serve as a pattern aircraft for licence-building others in Finland. A total of 25 Ripons was built in Finland and the type served in the Finnish Air Force from 1929-45. During the war the Ripons were used on U-boat patrols, leaflet dropping and for evacuating casualties. Ripon RI-140 survives and has been preserved for a museum.
In 1930 the prototype Vickers Vildebeest, N230, was modified for exhibition at the Paris Air Show. The original Jupiter XF engine was replaced with a Jupiter XIF with Townend ring. Registered G-ABGE for the show, the aircraft was modified further and flown on a sales tour of Baltic ports. This photograph was taken during the tour at Santahamina, Helsinki. A Finnish Air Force Blackburn Ripon is seen at right.
The sole British civil registered example of the Armstrong Siddeley Serval-powered Saro A.19 Cloud. G-ACGO was flown on an extensive European sales tour in July and August 1933 by S. D. Scott and is seen at Helsinki in July.
In 1930 the prototype Vickers Vildebeest, N230, was modified for exhibition at the Paris Air Show. The original Jupiter XF engine was replaced with a Jupiter XIF with Townend ring. Registered G-ABGE for the show, the aircraft was modified further and flown on a sales tour of Baltic ports. This photograph was taken during the tour at Santahamina, Helsinki. A Finnish Air Force Blackburn Ripon is seen at right.
The VL Saaski II was a successful Finnish-designed biplane flown by both the Finnish Air Force and private owners.
This Koolhoven FK-49, OH-MVE, was delivered to the Finnish Coast Guard in January 1940. The aircraft proved to be unsatisfactory and was scrapped in 1948 after only 18 flying hours.