Some strange things with the “search” feature here? – but here I finally found some detail photos of mine:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=24482

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Two Gripen crashes made the news (literally): Landing. Incredibly the pilot only broke an elbow.
The Stockholm waterfestival: Some x-rated words from a bystander, as the pilot ejects.

“The prototype 39-1 wasn’t so successful it crashed on his sixth flight, with test-pilot Lars Radestrom on February 2, 1989 at Linköping. The pilot flew for the first time with the Gripen, he had some problems with the stability (fly-by-wire) of the fighter, in the landing he hit with his left-wing the runway and the plane made an un-controlled flight, that ended on his back alongside the runway, the pilot had only a broken elbow.

Another crash was on August 8, 1993 at the Stockholm Water Festival with the same pilot as the first crash and also with fly-by-wire problems. This example was the second production JAS 39A (39.102) “

Information from:

http://www.zap16.com/mil%20fact/saab%20jas39%20gripen.htm

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A few years ago two Danish F-16’s landed at Brize Norton(?) instead of Fairford. A quick taxi and take off and they made it to the show.

Were the runway “numbers” the same? (at Ellsworth/Rapid City)

Ja, I believe there are signs at USAF bases saying something like:
“Use of deadly force authorized”. In this day and age I’m afraid the “Air Force” has reserved the “right” to do much worse to people – idiots or not. 😉

Sorry to digress a bit. Everybody in aviation has a sad burden. Someone, they know, has been- or will be – killled, doing what they love most? – flying. (Never themself, of course!).
This is me (PAL), and Vagn Christensen (GAN), after first soloes in May 74.
Thrown into the fire-pond.
In 1977 he was killed in one, of only two, fatal Danish Draken crashes.The cruel, and incomprehensible fact, is that his father was killed in a Meteor IV collision just before he was born in 1953.
The red hangar in the backgound (“Bessaunou”?) is free to collect. (If it is still there?). Not very original anymore anyway.
Chipmunk P-124 was exported to a gentleman in Georgia as N91239, but I have no further details.
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Albert, what a lovely Oxford-picture. In the re-start of Danish military aviation after the war, this was a stallwart untill the jets (and the woodworms) got the better of it.

My father has maintained, and flown in them. I’m printing your picture for him (81). The day he probably regrets was in the 60’ies, when he brought home an Oxford FROG model for me. (and similar for my two brothers). That started a plastic “weapons-race” for some years. 😀