PTO-4
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The PTO-4 was an Estonian-designed military aircraft of World War II.
- Inventors: Voldemar Post, Richard Tooma and Otto Org
- Manufacturer: Aviotöökoda, Tallinn
- Performances:
- Power Plant:
- One De Havilland Gypsy of 120 hp.
- In Use:
- Estonia
- Germany (four examples)
- Versions:
- PTO-4:Low wing Monoplane, with two seats, landing gear fixed or with sledges.
- Total Production: 8 examples.
The Estonian Air Force received one example of each model, with open or closed cockpit (No 161 and 162) and in civil use were 6 exemplars (ES-EAK, ES-EAL, ES-EAM, ES-EAN, ES-EAO and ES-EAP). Four examples surviving from the Estonian Soviet Annexation (1940-41), later served in the German Luftwaffe, in a Staffeln of Estonian volunteers (1./SAGr.127 with base in the Reval-Ülemiste airfield), in training, liaison and submarine-watching in the Baltic.
[edit] See also
- PON-1
- PON-2
- PN-3
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