Karhumäki Karhu 48B Explained

The Karhumäki Karhu 48B was a Finnish 1950s four-seat monoplane.

Development

The Veljekset Karhumäki O/Y company had been formed in 1924 and concerned itself with licence manufacturing.^[1] In 1948 the company designed and built a prototype of the Karhu 48, a high-wing four-seat monoplane of mixed construction, with a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and fabric-covered wooden wings. This was followed up in 1949 with a second example, the Karhu 48B.^[2] A small number were built including a number on floats.

References

• Book: Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1955–56. 1955. The McGraw Hill Book Company. New York.
• Book: Green . William . Pollinger . Gerald . William Green (author) . The Aircraft of the World . 1965 . 3rd . London . Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd..
• Book: Gunston, Bill . Bill Gunston

. Bill Gunston . World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers . 2nd . 2005 . Stroud, UK . Sutton Publishing Ltd . 0-7509-3981-8.

• Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.

Notes and References

1. Gunston 2005, p. 258
2. Green & Pollinger 1965, p. 33