FINNISH AIR FORCE RETIRES L-70 VINKA TRAINER FLEET

摘要

AFTER MORE than 40 years of service, the Ilmavoimat (Finnish Air Force) has retired its fleet of Valmet L-70 Vinka primary training aircraft. The type's final flight took place on August 31 at Tikkakoski, when L-70 Vinka (serial VN-21) completed its last sortie with Engineer Lt Col Jyrki Laukkanen and Capt Juho Sirola at the controls. Laukkanen had also made the maiden flight of the first production Vinka (serial VN-1) on December 29, 1979.