PIK-19 Muhinu

The PIK-19 Muhinu was a light aircraft developed in Finland in the early 1970s for use as a glider tug and flight trainer.

[1] It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration, with an enclosed cockpit and fixed, tricycle undercarriage.

[3] The project was undertaken as a joint venture by the Finnish government and the Helsinki University of Technology.

[3] Design work commenced in 1969 under the leadership of Jukka Tervamäki, Ilkka Rantasalo and Pekka Tammi and the prototype flew on 26 March 1972.

[1] Over the next 21 years, it accumulated 5217 hours of flying time and some 40,000 glider tows.