I watched this story with some apprehension. There was a good chance I would see a photo or a film clip of my long-departed mother watching this documentary. She had been a hostess on SAS from 1951 to 1958-one of the first hostesses to fly with this airline after WWII. But this documentary had no such photon or film clip for me to see. As an eleven-year-old boy, I recall that on June 15th, or perhaps the 16th, 1957, I flew with SAS from San Francisco to Copenhagen over the magnetic North Pole before continuing to Sweden for mid-summer celebrations on an island outside Stockholm on Friday, June 21st, and then on to Norway for a three-month family holiday. Flying over the North Pole was exciting because, during the Midnight Sun, also known as the polar day, the Magnetic North Pole is bathed in daylight for a full 24 hours. This unique occurrence is due to the Earth’s axial tilt, which angles the pole towards the Sun, allowing for uninterrupted sunlight throughout the summer. Consequently, on June 15th, 1957, the sun did not set at the Magnetic North Pole, remaining in full view for the duration of the day. Exactly 42 years and 9 months later, on the 15th or 16th of September, 2000, during the Sydney Olympic Games in Australia, I flew with SAS from Singapore to Copenhagen again, as a tribute to my mother. This time, I did not stay over in Stockholm but continued straight on to Oslo for a long overdue holiday again in home tracts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeg så på denne historien med en viss engstelse. Det var en god sjanse for at jeg ville se et bilde eller et filmklipp av min mor som for lengst var borte, når jeg så på denne dokumentaren. Mamma hadde vært vertinne på SAS fra 1951 til 1958 - en av de første vertinnene som fløy med dette flyselskapet etter andre verdenskrig. Men akk, denne dokumentaren hadde ikke noe slikt foto eller filmklipp for meg å se. Jeg husker som en elleve år gammel gutt at jeg fløy med SAS fra San Francisco til København over den magnetiske Nordpolen den 15.juni, eller kanskje den 16.juni 1957, før jeg fortsatte til Sverige for midtsommerfeiring på en øy utenfor Stockholm fredag 21.juni, og deretter videre til Norge for en tre måneders familieferie. Å fly over Nordpolen var spennende, fordi under midnattssolen, også kjent som polardagen, er den magnetiske nordpolen badet i dagslys i hele 24 timer. Denne unike forekomsten skyldes jordens aksiale helning, som vinkler polen mot solen, noe som gir uavbrutt sollys hele sommeren. 15. juni 1957 gikk ikke solen ned på den magnetiske nordpolen, og forble i full visning hele dagen for meg å se. Nøyaktig 42 år og 9 måneder senere, den 15 eller 16 september 2000, under de olympiske leker i Sydney, Australia, fløy jeg med SAS fra Singapore til København igjen som en hyllest til moren min. Denne gangen overnattet jeg ikke i Stockholm, men fortsatte rett videre til Oslo for en etterlengtet ferie igjen i hjemmetrakter.
Naar ta Airfrance og KLM over I hvertfall bedre enn Lufthansa ! Overbetalte pilotene fins da kun paa Lufthansa ! SAS har tapt kampen mot Norwegian I tillegg !
Få utvalda och vi andra kan se på och vara stolta över de kvinnor o män som följer att bli piloter och försvara moderlandet Sverige. Själv kör jag lastbil och vet att utan mig och mina kollegor hade inte Sverige fungerat alls, eftersom allt kommer med mina kollegor i lastbilsbranschen. Man är stolt att vara svensk.
Och sedan hör man från piloterna själva att egentligen kan vem som helst flyga JAS. Som när jag tog körkort och kör lastbil med släp på över 60 ton. Försök själva att backa in ett släp i ett trångt utrymme med lastbil.
Fun fact: French Film Director *Gerard Pires* and his team were filming on site that same year to shoot the first 10 minutes for the opening scene of *Les Chevaliers Du Ciel (Sky Fighters),* and the film was eventually released in 2005 which includes the shots they filmed during the 2004 Farnborough Airshow.
@@thirdleg05 also, the A340-600 (Airbus reg. F-WWCA) in that opening scene was also the same A340 they used when the Mirage 2000-10 was flying underneath it, painted in Qatar colors during the dogfight scene. But in the behind the scenes / extra footage video, they did that for real. But in post production, they actually CGI the Qatar livery over the A340-600 shot.
Certain aspects of the Gripen remind me of the F-16. Not sure why, unless it's the fact that most superior fighter designs are going to be similar in some aspects. What is Sweden looking at for a potential replacement?
The Wonderful Saab B17 Dive bomber had a Cruise speed of 200 Knots ! - And the Saab B18 cruised at 300 Knots! Not Kilometers an hour! (Knots is nearly twice as fast ! Gee! ) Regards from Alaska! Thanks for posting, interesting footage.
This video is accurate in almost every detail, except one minor detail. At 17.07, they speak of SAAB 91 Safir (Sapphire), but the video shows German-made Bücker Bestman. It was constructed by Swedish Anders Johan Andersson, who later helped design the SAAB 91, so the planes shows great similarities.
The Saab 91 Safir is absolutely wonderful, maybe about the nicest flying airplane I ever got to fly. Great for Aerobatics! Loud like hell in the cockpit.
As a former interceptor pilot I have always been amazed by the Swedish SAAB fighters. J 29 was superior to the Sabre and Mig 16 -17. The J 22 was the worlds fastest fighter in regards to the engines Hp. Most of the fighters SAAB made after WW2 belonged in the top three best fighters in the world./Respect and love from a Israeli SAAB fan
