I seem to recall having read in German magazine (I think it was Flugzeug Classic) about such a project in Germany. IIRC the article mentioned that the powerplant question had not been solved yet.

I think the ‘Lansens’ might actually be F86D Sabre Dogs.

Indeed they are; only the RSwedAF had Lansens and Denmark had F-86D’s (note: Denmark is neither a part of nor somewhere in Sweden, nor vice versa…).

There were quite a number of F-84G, F-86D and RF-84F’s positioned as decoys (none of these types ever flew in the overall olive green paint scheme which these aircraft are wearing, it having been applied after they were relegated to decoy duties) on various military airfields in Jutland right up until the early Nineties. Then the RDanAF had a cleanout and most of them were scrapped (although most were probably beyond saving anyway after having parked in the open for up to 30 years without any care whatsoever).

I had the pleasure to fly with D-AQUI in may, my missus showed up with two tickets for a roundflight over Munich

So did I; two days later… 😉

… although managed within the Lufthansa ticketing system.

Not quite; you buy tickets from the Lufthansa-Berlin Stiftung, but it flies under a Lufthansa flight number with a “J” for Junkers added to it. And you can’t claim any Lufthansa bonus miles… 🙁

… but always a Ju 52/3m with the three engines…

… whereby it’s worthwile to note that it has P&W R-1340 engines, as well as three-bladed propellers and ugly exhaust mufflers (the latter two features to avoid too many noise complaints…). We get to see the Swiss Ju 52’s (with BMW engines) in Munich quite often, and they do sound a bit different

@Ant: There’s at least a handful of ex-Danish Drakens flying in the US (at the National Test Pilot’s School)

The SAAB B-17 and the J-29 Tunnan in Sweden are deinfitely the only airworthy examples of their kind.

Some more species of which only one example is still airworthy:

Skandinavisk Aero Industri KZ-IV (in Denmark)
Skandinavisk Aero Industri KZ-X (in Denmark)
VFW-614 (D-ADAM, with the DLR in Germany)
Nord Noratlas (in France)
Lisunov Li-2 in (in Hungary)
DH Sea Vixen ( 😀 )
Dornier Do 24 (although in heavily modified form)
DH Heron (unsure about this one, but are there any others with four Gipsies than the one in Jersey?)

Now, who’s going to keep/edit a list…. 🙂

Never had it!

Bearing in mind the role British Media played in finally killing off the Concorde, the sarcasm in the article is highly unjustified.

In any case, there is no simulator anymore, no tires and no responsible design authority willing to let it fly (just to name a few). The Concorde will never fly again.

I’d also like to thank you for sharing this story, it certainly made me think.