The Ilmavoimat Flight Test Team with the de Havilland DH.89, summer 1934. The test team considered the aircraft a useful and capable small transport aircraft, but it did not meet the stated requirements for the Ilmavoimat’s transport aircraft and was not considered further. However, while this aircraft type was not purchased for the Ilmavoimat, Veljekset Karhumäki Oy purchased six of these aircraft in 1936 with a state-guaranteed loan. Te aircraft were used to service Government mail contracts, for scheduled passenger flights and for aerial mapmaking. During the Winter War, the DH.89’s were used for ongoing aerial mapmaking of areas captured from the USSR.
The Ilmavoimat Flight Test Team with the de Havilland DH.89, summer 1934. The test team considered the aircraft a useful and capable small transport aircraft, but it did not meet the stated requirements for the Ilmavoimat’s transport aircraft and was not considered further. However, while this aircraft type was not purchased for the Ilmavoimat, Veljekset Karhumäki Oy purchased six of these aircraft in 1936 with a state-guaranteed loan. Te aircraft were used to service Government mail contracts, for scheduled passenger flights and for aerial mapmaking. During the Winter War, the DH.89’s were used for ongoing aerial mapmaking of areas captured from the USSR.