The Karhumäki Karhu 48B was a

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1950s four-seat monoplane.

Development

The Veljekset Karhumäki O/Y company had been formed in 1924 and concerned itself with licence manufacturing. In 1948 the company designed and built a prototype of the Karhu 48, a high-wing four-seat monoplane of mixed construction, with a fabric-covered steel-tube

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and fabric-covered wooden wings. This was followed up in 1949 with a second example, the Karhu 48B.Green & Pollinger 1965, p. 33 A small number were built including a number on floats.

Specifications (Karhu 48B)

References

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karhumaki Karhu 48B 1950s Finnish civil utility aircraft High-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1948