Read this link about delivery of a Viggen into the UK. Is it to be preserved? With a couple of Drakens over here, it would be nice to see one of these beasts as well.
http://www.ukar.co.uk/board/ikonboard.cgi?;act=ST;f=9;t=10524
I went to the Vasteras museum last year and they have the second prototype with skins off. Interesting. Also, I saw an engine shop with a few of the engines in there. Like the Saturn 5 rocket in size!!
J man
By: EHVB - 17th January 2006 at 14:49
Here is my shot of the Viggen landing at Lelystad last Friday. BW Roger
By: Firebird - 17th January 2006 at 12:01
Nice!
I have always liked the Swedish left-field approach to things, that’s probably why I am on my 5th SAAB car! 😀
Snap……. 😀
By: wessex boy - 17th January 2006 at 11:54
Nice!
I have always liked the Swedish left-field approach to things, that’s probably why I am on my 5th SAAB car! 😀
By: barrythemod - 17th January 2006 at 10:56
It’s Fv 37918. She will be flown to RAF Cranwell sometime between the 11 and 20 January for preservation at the Newark Air Museum.
Regards,
Jan
Any help needed polishing this beauty,I’m your man 😉
By: Archer - 17th January 2006 at 10:50
Photos of the arrival at the Aviodrome are on this site. Click on the Viggen photo to find them (or click here for a direct link, you won’t get the site navigation menu this way though).
By: Jan - 17th January 2006 at 09:55
Yesterday, 16 January, AJSF 37 Viggen Fv 37974 took-off from Wing F 17 for delivery to ‘Flugausstellung Leo Junior’ at Hermeskeil, Germany. No word on the Newark-bound one yet.
Incidentally, two Sk 37s were delivered to French Museums last autumn, Fv 37811 to Montélimar on 12 September and Fv 37808 to Musée de l’Air on 17 October. One JA 37, Fv 37429, was delivered to an Aviation Museum in Tartu, Estonia, on 27 September 2004, while Museo del Aire at Cuatro Vientos received Fv 37074 on 9 November 1999.
With the Aviodrome example, Fv 37901 and Fv 37918 bound for Newark, that makes seven Viggens on permanent loan to European museums. So, it would appear that we Swedes are a generous lot! 😀
Regards,
Jan
By: tenthije - 13th January 2006 at 18:40
Sweden is in a generous mood lately. They also donated one to the Aviodrome in Lelystad. Arrived earlier today.
By: RPSmith - 13th January 2006 at 18:23
This is good news.
Means we’ve got almost a full set of SAAB jet fighters – pity they are all in different places.
Roger Smith.
By: lauriebe - 13th January 2006 at 02:11
The news page Newark Air Museum website on this link gives the current position on this:
http://www.newarkairmuseum.co.uk/news.cfm
Scroll down the page to find the item on the Viggen.
Regards,
Laurie
By: Jan - 12th January 2006 at 09:03
It’s Fv 37918. She will be flown to RAF Cranwell sometime between the 11 and 20 January for preservation at the Newark Air Museum.
Regards,
Jan
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