SAAB AIRCRAFT

A small collection. . . got any others I can add?   Email 'em!

 

drakken line up.jpg (124332 bytes)

A lineup of Drakans at a Swedish airbase, aometime in the late 60's. Anyone have a copy of the magazine this was on??

gripen 2 seater.JPG (206666 bytes)

The Gripen 2-seat trainer, not a ground-attack two seater (like the Gripen needs two seats!)

gripen.jpg (180896 bytes)

A one-seat Gripen, as they should be! This series of pics it from www.torget.se/users/c/choy/saabair.html

a not-terribly-reliable page that only sometimes shows the pics.

ground.jpg (222247 bytes)

A ground static display of Saab aircraft old and new.  These pics are from a website that is terribly unreliable, at

j22pos~1.jpg (86690 bytes)

A COOL postcard of a J22 WWII project NOT done by Saab, but noteable nonetheless as a Swedish designed fighter.

J29_camo_pic.jpg (15269 bytes)

A very nicely painted model of a J29 Tunnan in UN livery from the Congo campaign, I think it was 1958 or 59.

making drakkens.jpg (140690 bytes)

...yawn...time to make the Drakens...

sas_g05.jpg (158007 bytes)

The Sk60 light attack fighter variant of the Saab 105

sas_g06.jpg (185786 bytes)

An Austrian Saab 105 trainer/light attack version

 

A Drakken in the first metallic color scheme from the early 60's

sas_g11.jpg (113938 bytes)

A Viggen two-seat trainer in 80s camo colors

sixsaabs.jpg (36038 bytes)

My favorite Saab aircraft picture.   This and LOTS more can be found at http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/

img/li_saab97/saab97.html

 

gripens_chile.jpg (36224 bytes)

Awesome Gripen shot over the Chilean Andes...more can be found at http://www.canit.se/~griffon/aviation/img/saab/

gripen/gall99/gripen_gallery99.html

saab_s18.jpg (42983 bytes)

Lovely shot of a Saab 18 light bomber/recon plane from the 40s

 

sas_a02.jpg (27357 bytes)

A Viggen in fly-by mode.   Beautiful!  More shots from the airshow in '97 to follow...

 

sas_a05.jpg (20288 bytes)

Fly by of a Saab 17 light bomber recon plane from WWII

 

 

sas_a06.jpg (13448 bytes)

The 17 shows it's huge landing gear spats to the crowd

 

sas_a07.jpg (15880 bytes)

Ungainly looking thing, ain't it?

 

sas_a08.jpg (42069 bytes)

If you think it looks enormous on the ground,  you should see it on FLOATS!

sas_g01.jpg (163510 bytes)

Okay, so it's not a Saab, hell it's not even an aircraft, but the Swedes DO own some mighty fine looking armor!

sas_g04.jpg (126986 bytes)

A Saab 340 commuter plane, done up in some local airline's livery.

sas_g07.jpg (147681 bytes)

Another Draken, this one in green.   Very low-slung plane, you can step right up and almost look in the cockpit from ground level.

sas_g10.jpg (138089 bytes)

A rare two-seater Viggen, used for training new pilots in the ways of the Force.

cars-to-jet ad.jpg (78915 bytes)

An ad from the early 90's, showing the pedigree of the Saab from then till now.

sas_g12.jpg (149836 bytes)

A Gulfstream bizjet c0nverted to RSAF AWACS duty; note the side-looking radar bar on top.

sas_g08.jpg (135246 bytes)

A later Draken, in the NATO Grey scheme now widely used for ground attack craft

 

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