Background: Junkers Ju-52/3m B1+HA. Käkisalmi was Finnish territory at the time of the photo. The current Russian name of the town is Priozersk. Photo: SA-kuva (Finnish Armed Forces photograph, Wartime Photograph Archive). Photographer T. Räisänen.

VL Sääski II is a twin-seat biplane for training purposes. Osakeyhtiö Sääski offered Sääski II to the Defence Ministry. Due to the delay in Blackburn Ripon building on licence, the Minister of Defence ordered 10 Sääski IIs from the State Aircraft Factory in 1929. Later the Finnish Air Force ordered 22 Sääksi IIs more. SÄ-122 belongs to the first delivery slot and it served from 1930 to 1936. All VL Sääski IIs were grounded before September 1942. (Ilmailumuseot.fi - Aviationmuseums.fi) [Nikon D750 + Tamron SP 24-70mm/2,8G VC]

Finnish-designed military basic trainer aircraft of the 1920s and 1930s. Preserved in Finnish Aviation Museum (Helsinki-Vantaa Airport). [Nikon D300 + Tokina 12-24mm/4]