The PIK-15 Hinu is a
light aircraft developed in
Finland in the 1960s for use as a
glider tug.
[Taylor 1989, p.726] It was a
low-wing cantilever monoplane of
conventional design with an enclosed
cockpit
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and fixed,
tailwheel undercarriage
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.
["PIK-sarjan lentokoneet"] The cockpit had two seats, side-by-side, and the PIK-15 was intended to have a secondary role as a trainer.
Construction was of wood throughout.
["PIK-15 HINU '2000+'"]
Design work began in 1960, with the first
prototype
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built two years later and flying on 29 August 1964.
Six examples were listed on the
Finnish Civil Aviation Authority registry in 2011.
[''Summary of the Finnish Aircraft Register'' 2011, Part I pages 47 and 107]
Specifications (prototype, with low-pitch propeller)
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1960s Finnish special-purpose aircraft
PIK aircraft
Glider tugs
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1964
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