Valmet L-80 Turbo-Vinha

L-80
Role Trainer
Manufacturer Valmet
Introduction 1983
Retired 1990
Status cancelled
Number built one L-80, two L-90 prototypes


Valmet L-80 TP Turbo-Vinha was a prototype for a new Finnish turboprop basic trainer aircraft. The aircraft, which carried the designation OH-VBB was destroyed in a crash in 1985, killing the test pilot Paavo Janhunen. The aircraft was a further development of the Valmet L-70 Vinka and would eventually lead to the Valmet L-90 Redigo.

The Allison turboprop engine was used in the second plane, the L-90 TP Turbo-Vinha (OH-VTM). It was destroyed during an aerieal display in Belgium The third plane of the series (OH-VTP) got the new name Redigo or RediGo (used in sales brochures).

Specifications (L-80)

Data from Valmet's Turbotrainer[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Related development


References

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  1. Green and Swanborough 1986, p. 113.
  2. Green and Swanborough 1986, p. 117.


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