Flying the SAAB Gripen - Interview with Demo Pilot André Brännström 

Thank you Mover for the interview with André! I’m from LINKÖPING, where SAAB is located. Now I’m 78 years old, but in the 60s I used to work at SAAB on the JA 37 Viggen program. In the 70s and 80s I lived in the US, but now when I’m old I’m back in Sweden. Having the family summer home almost a straight line from the SAAB runway, I see and hear Andrė and his pilot colleagues every day. I love the sound! Kjell

I am just really glad that Swedes are on our side. Starkare tillsammans.

I did my military service in 1989 as an mechanic on JA37 Viggen. One task we did was to reset and take note of the max-g reading. If it was above 8 g we were told to address this to an service officer before resetting. At one time a pilot stepped out of the cockpit with a kind of worrying face and when I climbed in to the cockpit to do my tasks I read the max-g meter to 9.8 g. I told the service officer and he first went pail and then red in his face and he called back the pilot and gave him the following words -"You know what this means, right? This is a 16 labor hour inspection work to be done on this aircraft. And YOU are going help us do it!" I had never, soner or later, seen a person of such high asteem shrink to wet puddle on the ground right there on the spot. The fighter pilots of Swedish Air Force are my tru idols to this day.

So professional, it is amazing how capable one can be. I welcome my Swedish cousines to our NATO alliance. I,17 years old , applied to Finnish air force, and the doctor said "those air force gyus are the most getlemen I have ever seen"

this dude takes his job very seriously i can tell. after watching his gripen display I'm gonna say he's badass! I would bet to say this is the kinda guy you want as your wingman or flight lead.

Andre did win this years best show in a Gripen E at RIAT23..

Wow Saab 37 Draken, Saab 37 Viggen and Saab JAS 39 Gripen and Gripen E. I've been following Saab fighterjet since 1971 when they released the Saab 37 Viggen. As a 6 year old I had a model Viggen.

Adding this news as comment ,a year later! André Brännström won first prize for his show at the Royal International Air Tattoo a few days back :D

When Brazil was picking out the next fleet of fighter jets there were three competitors: the Super Hornet, the Rafale, and the Gripen. The Super Hornet was never that strong of a contender due to its age and price tag. The Air Force favored the Gripen, but for a time it looked like the Rafale would be picked for political reasons. I'm very glad the Gripen won out -- not only did Brazil get a sweet technology transfer deal to go with it, but it looks like the E version turned out better than anyone had anticipated.

Philippine airforce is in the final stages of getting it’s first Gripen squadron. I’m really happy we’re getting this aircraft (and some Old F-16 block 40s as well) Thank you Mover for making this video. Hope you can get Andre back, I could listen to both of you for days

As a Swede I'm very proud of that humbled guy and the Gripen. We are a small country but sometimes we get it right🤗

Excellent interview. Andre knows his stuff and his enthusiasm for Gripen is very evident.

I always thought of Gripen as a very capable no nonsense fighter aircraft. I'm Danish and I personally would have liked to see them being part of our Airforce. I can hope we will have our Swedish brothers and sisters in mind now that we are also increasing our defense budget but it's really just wishful thinking. We bought F-35s so we will probably just add a few more planes to that fleet if there will be money left for more aircraft.

Two Great Professional's Talking about what they love

Really well done! Well edited, excellent questions, great flow, super use of footage. This had the feel of a documentary level interview and is a real next level. Damn she is a gorgeous airplane! And what an epic dude to listen to. Thanks for this.

This guy is a BEAST! Awesome interview!!

Awesome interview! That Mats Sundin lookalike is badass for sure. Greetings from Finland

Great second part :) Really appreciated this interview!

Mover, what a GREAT guy. He strikes me as the kind of guy who makes it fun to come to work, and it was a real treat to listen to both of you through this. The content of late has been really great- with all that's going on in the world right now, thank you for having inspiring and thoughtful content. If you want to know why it matters, I've had medical students who work with me watch your videos, and they show up for work the next day applying the Big 3 rules. Thanks for all you do- be safe and w'yat!

Love your channel!!! Thanks for another great video.

I just got into my tech school in the AF for flight controls and i wanted to thank you because of the motto of "make them tell you no" Another airman has flight controls for the B-2 but wanted the RC-135, i have the RC-135 but wanted the B-2. Everyone's first reaction to hearing that situation said "oh well, thats how the air force works" but i went out of my way to ask about swapping and it IS possible. I know i would have just accepted the my fate in the past but now ive got a real chance at maintaining the B-2

Wonderful. Amazing. Well done Mover and Andre.

Great one 👍 Its allways amazing to hear and look at two pros.

Awesome interview! Hope to see more from other nations! Keep up the good work

Excellent! Great job! Both!!

Awesome guy, awesome aircrafts, cool interview

Flat out AWESOME! Thanks Mover! Thanks André!

Thanks André and Mover, awwesome interview ❤

Been waiting on the second half🙌Andre is a joy to listen too.

Awesome interview.... Thank you both for making this happen.

Thank you both for your time !

This was a great interview CW...I enjoyed your review of the flight video. To get to interview the pilot has been very informational...great job..

Great interview, very interesting👍

Thank you again, C. W., for hosting these great discussions, and of course, thanks to Andre. I love these interviews. "_

Thanks Andre'. Good interview Mover!

_Kickass_ interview!

AWSOME... :-) WOW....THIS IS BEST INTERVIEW OF YEAR, THX !!!

better than anything on tv. thanks mover👍👍👍👍👍

That’s awesome! Great interview, looking forward to the next demo display from the E version

What a great interview! Thanks Mover and Andre!

Great interview

Mover that was a great interview with Andre!

Another great interview, Mover. Andre', thanks for sharing your thoughts. You're flying a beautiful jet.

Really enjoyed this interview sir! Great questions and flow.

How did I miss this? This is awesome! :D

Helt underbart! Thanks from Sweden🇸🇪

Excellent interview Mover.

Can’t wait for a follow up!! That centrifuge chat was hilarious : )

I sincerely enjoyed this interview with Bulan. Exceptional content as always. Thank you.

two wonderful people!.... Thanks!

That was so cool. Great to hear from the demo pilot. :))

Great interview. Thank You!

Fantastic interview, bring this guy back 👍🏻

Really liked this dialogue, thanks!

Great video and interview.

Great interview, you just have the knack of getting the right guys to join you and inspire the next generation of awesome....

What a great interview 🙏🏼nice 👍🏼🇸🇪🎗🇺🇲Top as always....

As you finished up with Mover, really awesome to see the demo flight then talk with the pilot - just outstanding. Thanks for putting together a great pair of vids, highly interesting and entertaining, and great to hear from pilots from other parts of the world. Cheers mate.

Great interview Mover. This guy is definitely living his best life.

André is such a sweet killer. You can tell he has no need to prove himself to anyone. He’s definitely high on the Dunning Kruger scale.

Great interview! Thanks for all the good content. I really enjoy seeing you guys talking on the channel with such passion about aviation while still keeping a “both feet on the ground” approach when commenting and analyzing 3rd party material. Looking forward to seeing those Gripen flying in Brazilian air shows 😀👊

Great episode! Superinteresting to hear the perspective from the Swedish pilot and great followup-questions from Lemoine.👌✔ Thanks a lot for this episode!❤

Dude's a BEAST with that jet!

I'm amazed to see these older guys being display pilots, we have Blokkies Joubert here in South Africa who has been a pilot for a long time and flying the Gripen.

Absolutely loved it.

Really good video thank you! Proud to be Swedish!

AWESOME interview! And man, what a cool aircraft!

Jesus… thanks for this material… love this aircraft. Thanks mover!… respect!

Great vid and interview Mover.

snyggt jobbat André!!

I love the gripen, it's beautiful and awesome.😊

This is an extraordinarily well marketed aircraft.

Excellent interview. I got the opportunity to visit the factory in 1994 or 1995, with a flight in the back of the 2000. Got to sit #2 behind a Gripen taking off. Good times.

Gotta say Mover, your second act of life is amazing 👍🏾 thank you for all the great videos. #donated

Instant like 👍🏻 And thank you Mover for your efforts to analyse some of the situation in the Ukraine the way you do. Staying objective the best way possible is not always easy, but necessary. Give my regards to Wombat and Gonky.

Great interview. :)

What an amazing interview series with an amazing and humble fighter pilot from my lovely hometown Linköping👌🏻🙌🏻 I live really near the SAAB factory so I see and hear those guys every other day😁🇸🇪 It would be so cool if the Swedish Air Force could let you come here and take you on a ride in a 2-seater Gripen! Other “RU-viders” have been able to do that and if someone it should be you!

Great interview Mover! I'd love to see more interviews with pilots from other countries, especially from Eastern European countries given all that's going on over there.

Fascinating guy. Very interesting interview. He's a beast, with those push-pull maneuvers. How he didn't black out is beyond me.

I watched the demo and for real this dude is old but badass.

I've seen a few Gripen displays, likely that André might have flown in at least one, and it is always really impressive and feels one with a sense of pride! Knowing that we have a bunch of people like this in our Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) is reassuring! Great interviews, really interesting.

As someone who wants to be a pilot on the Brazilian air forçe Gripen's this is interesting thanks doing this content!

Had me glued to this interview Mover! Great Chemistry! To have a personal perspective from Andre let alone being able to do this with Saab's help was extremely interesting! Hope You can have a follow up with him in the future!! And Who knows? Perhaps You may get a ride in this fine piece of aircraft engineering as a guest one day. Blue Skies Brother & Everyone :)

I purchased your books, couldn't stop reading until the last page of the fourth volume. Please, write more books

Excellent interview! Have had the pleasure of working with him and the Swedish Air Force several times during my time in the Norwegian Air Force, i.e the Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE) he talked about. I'm really impressed by the Swedish innovation and technology. Was definitely on par with our US made systems. With the tention we have today from our neighbor in the east, it'll be interesting to see how long the Swedes and Finnish count themselves as "neutral".

The best job in the world 🌎 flying in general. That was the best comment he made. Great interview. Good man.

That was awesome!

I hope to see the E version flying this summer at the yearly Air Show, it's been on static display for years but never seen it fly.

“Bring it on!” “Yeah… we did.” Love this. 😊

Great interview. Great fighter. As a south african we use the Gripen. Beautiful plane

I'm going to apply to become a future Gripen pilot this summer and I can't wait! "The weather is always good above the clouds"

Loved the “I’m throwing my name in the hat for a job” moment.

awesome to know such classy people are our allies and they have awesome planes to so win win

I used to live in Linköping, where Gripen is developed. It's a small-ish city, with lots of tech. They have a small airport with flights to Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Last time I was on one of those flights, the guy next to me was reading from a folder about Meteor missiles. Turns out he was also a test pilot for Saab. He was also about to age out of that job - so I asked if he was thinking about being a commercial pilot, or translate his skills into the civil sector somehow. He said "yeah... when you've flown like that, flying a commercial plane is like being a glorified bus driver".

Awesome dude, super nice guy, and a sierra hotel pilot.

4:20 Goodness the difference of opinion, this guy has an incredible attitude.

L Great Guy. Great interview.

Trevlig film.. väcker många minnen!!

Wow the best intervju,, What a figther

Hope you can go for a airshow with that team Mover! Would make a awesome video!