The Myrsky Wing transported to be painted

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The MY-14 wing was transported from Vantaa to Tikkakoski in September 2024. Since then it has undergone modifications with the restoration group at the Finnish Air Force Museum till the spring of 2025. In the wing standard hardware store bolts and new production parts have been replaced with original parts. Original parts of the wing have been conserved, and some parts of the wing have been modified according to the blueprints, for instance by removing and adding service hatches.

Photo: Reino Myllymäki

As I visited Tikkakoski on Thursday 12.6. these modifications were nearly finished and a trestle, made according to the blueprints by the State Aircraft Factory of wooden 2x4 inch beams and bolts, was fastened to the wing. The trestle was attached to the same brackets as the fuselage. The trestle positioned the wing at a steep diving angle, with the leading edge pointing down. This allows the 11 metres long wing lower and upper surfaces to be painted without nearly any obstructions.

On Tuesday 17.6. the trestle and the wing were taken out and hoisted on a low-bed trailer to be transported for painting to the premises of Haklog Ky.

At the Haklog Ky the wing was brought into the same workshop where the MY-14 fuselage had been painted in the autumn 2024.  There was a shortage of the wing lower surface blue paint, but luckily Jorma Laakkonen happened to bring a 9 kg tin of paint from Vantaa. So the Air Force Museum had all the necessary paints at its disposal.

Without any delay, the upper and lower surfaces of the wing were primed grey.

Photos: Jorma Laakkonen

After the wing gets camouflaged on both sides and equipped with the landing gear and ailerons, the joining of the wing and fuselage can be planned. And then the completing of MY-14 will be close. 
Even now it’s worthwhile to visit the Air Force Museum to admire the fuselage, which is waiting for the next operations without some fuselage hatches.

Photos: The Finnish Air Force Museum, unless otherwise mentioned

Translation to English: Matti Liuskallio