Ylinen (VL’s chief designer at this stage) the type was developed by VL to augment and eventually to replace the Smolik primary trainers. The Viima I and II aircraft were two-seat mixed structure bi-plane primary trainer aircraft with a fixed undercarriage.ĭesigned by A. VL Viima (“Wind”) II Primary Trainers – ordered 1936 In addition, 1936 was also the year in which financial provision was made for the first aircraft purchases for the Merivoimat Air Arm, establishing this as a combat force in its own right. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936 would also have its impact, with the Defence Budget for 1937 being substantially increased and additional funding for the 1937 procurement program being made available to the Ilmavoimat. A very small number of other aircraft types were also ordered in 1936, mostly for further and much more detailed evaluation. The 1936 Ilmavoimat Procurement Program also saw the purchase of Bristol Blenheim medium bombers and ordering of the new VL Viima II Trainers – and all were to be built by the newly completed VL Factory outside Tampere.
This was the year in which the first monoplane fighters – the Fokker D.XXI were ordered.
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