Saab 50

Originally posted by Jeanske_SN
Conclusion: a Saab 50 never existed!

And that’s why I won my bet (spelling!) and get drunk on his expenses 😉

Conclusion: a Saab 50 never existed!

Originally posted by Dutchy
Nope Thijs, he was really quite confident, it was a Saab 50, small rate production, and was in service with Crossair.

Must have been a Fokker 50,Crossair had about 5 in the early 90’s. Look here…
http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=322078&WxsIERv=Rm9ra2VyIDUw&WdsYXMg=Q3Jvc3NhaXI%3D&QtODMg=R2VuZXZhIC0gSW50ZXJuYXRpb25hbCAoQ29pbnRyaW4pIChHVkEgLyBMU0dHKQ%3D%3D&ERDLTkt=U3dpdHplcmxhbmQ%3D&ktODMp=U2VwdGVtYmVyIDE5OTM%3D&BP=1&WNEb25u=UGF1bCBNb3JsZXk%3D&xsIERvdWdsY=SEItSUFP&MgTUQtODMgKE=&YXMgTUQtODMgKERD=MTky&NEb25uZWxs=MjAwMy0wMi0yMw%3D%3D&ODJ9dvCE=&O89Dcjdg=&static=yes

The only aircraft which might be called the ‘Saab 50’ is the Safir trainer/liaison aircraft which in reality was designed Saab 91, although it in the Swedish Air Force uniform wore the name Sk50.

Neither the book SAAB aircraft since 1937 (Hans G Andersson) nor Från ASJA till SAAB – historien om en flygindustri (Gert Peterson) mention a Saab 50.

Your friend might be thinking of the Saab 90 Scandia, a failed DC-3 replacement of which only 10 were built for SAS and VASP in the 40s/50s (only one remains today, in a museum in Brasil). The last examples were built on licence by Fokker.

There were a few civilian projects by Saab which were cancelled;

– Saab 103 – projected in 1958/59, for 66 pax and freight, looked a bit like the Shorts 330.

– Project 1072 – a jet planned in 1968/69, for 48 passengers and intended as a replacement for the Convair Metropolitan. It fell through since it was too noisy for Stockholm’s Bromma airport (8 kms from the city centre).

– Project 1073 – larger than the 1072, up to 90 passengers. The Swedish Gvmt refused to agree to loans for this, and it never materialised.

– SSE SuperSonic Executive – would have been the fastest bizjet in the world, based upon the Saab Viggen layout with room for six passengers. This 1970 project would have a range of up to 4,500 kms and could fly across the USA in M 2.0.

– Project 1081 Mulan, designed together with respected Swedish aeronautical designer Rudolf Abelin, the MULA (Multi-Utility Light Aircraft) was to be marketed as a perfect aircraft for the third world, with STOL capabilities and easy maintenance.

Obviously there were other projects which never left the drawing board, but I haven’t heard of any Saab 50, nor have the Swedish books I’ve been looking in. I might be wrong, though… you never know, forgotten historical tidbits seem to pop up now and then…

There was a Convair-like type 50 years ago. I think that was the Saab90 Scandia.
Never heard of the 50.

there was a saab 50 but that has been many years back. I can’t find any more info on it on google. Back home I’ll try a more extensive search (if my connection has finally been repaired 😡 ) but i am on my lunchbreak now and the minutes are ticking away!

Perhaps, I blaim the Wiskey! Does anyone know if there was a prototype known as the Saab 50, fighter, trainer, transport or otherwise?

crossair only had the saab 340 and 2000. The 2000 only has a production run of 50odd pieces so perhaps a mix up there?

Nope Thijs, he was really quite confident, it was a Saab 50, small rate production, and was in service with Crossair.

he must have meant either the Fokker F50 or the similarly sized SAAB340