As near as I can figure it there were at least two and maybe three Humu's built. One used a genuine F2A fuselage and a wooden wing along with a Russian copy of the R1820. The surviving example apparently has a Finnish copied all metal fuselage and the wooden wing and Russian engine. The performance of the Humu was not as good as the Brewster and because of the wing construction could only have mounted two .50 cal.s in the fuselage.
Finland was a fascinating place in the late 1950s to 1960s. I have seen pics of Bf 109s parked out with light trainers and another of a Curtiss Hawk with two pairs of wings. The photo was taken in 1960 and the aircraft was scrapped a few years later. There is also a story that in the late 40s a Hollywood producer was looking for Brewsters to tell the story of Midway Island. The Finns had four or five left intact and were willing to sell but the production never happened and the planes were all scrapped.
MacHarvard wrote:
Well, gentlemen, ready for a shock? This isn't a Buffalo. Well, not exactly. It's the result of Finnish reverse engineering and was built of wood and readily available materials. This is the only one exisiting and was rebuilt in the mid-70s.
http://www.warbirdforum.com/faf3.htmcheers
Doug
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