Unbelievable thrust in this bird, I really miss it in the skies. Was really priviliged to grow up while it still was operational here in Sweden. Great camerawork!
I remember a show in Ängelholm with a JA-37 (strongest engine). After the first part of the show and doing a short landing with reversers, he took of again from the stop point. Then going, literally, vertical. Sound was awesome.
Love the Viggen! So aggressive looking and second to none other fighter jet in its time. Was lucky to see them i the sky every week in the 80’s and 90’s.
in normal start/ landing it uses 500-800 meters, in war time 300 meters (984 feet) (F35 needs 2500 meters 8,000 feet) When the planes front wheels touches the ground the jet goes backwards.
damn I miss this airshow so much! I want it back! I live in germany near to the netherlands border 1hour driving from Volkel its so easy for me to get there...I hope we can go to airshows next year...fuck corona!
Ik miste alleen wel het achteruit rijden van de Viggen. Of heeft hij dat op de eerste dag niet gedaan? Ik ben namelijk op de tweede dag geweest en toen deed hij dat (wel). Verder is dit een mooie video van een heel mooie vliegtuig :)
Dat heeft hij gedaan, maar omdat er vele vliegtuigen op de parallelbaan het zicht blokkeren kan je dat niet zien. Dat is altijd het nadeel van shows op Volkel. Je ziet maar weinig van de vliegtuigen op de baan.
@Frank Wouts het moet ook technisch mogelijk zijn, sommige vliegtuigen kunnen in de lucht blijven, maar dat is het dan. Er capriolen mee uithalen is soms niet gewenst .
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The Viggen was a MACH 2 interceptor & attack plane (with recon variants) designed to be operated from a large and elusive network of road bases. It was thought this system could enable Sweden to resist the much larger Soviet Air Force. The Viggens would be deadly in the air and difficult to destroy on the ground. That is why it has a wing design that allows it to be fast but also have a lot of symmetric lift for short take offs and landings. Later versions carried a very good radar and performed the same role as British Tornado F3s. If Viggens were operated today they would be relevant with a large AESA radar, electronic defensive suits, Meteor missiles and agile sidewinders to compensate for being less agile in ACM than 4:th gen + planes. Sweden chose to retire the Viggens as the replacement plane - the Gripen is superior in most respects - especially in dogfighting and operating costs. However, the basic Viggen design would be good enough even today. It was a safe plane with a lot of useful smarts and it has the potential to be a better radar+long range missile fighter than its successor. It also has the potential to have higher operative endurance than its successor. If a country with lots of roads wanted to they could buy the design from Sweden for peanuts and put it into production domestically. Then you just put off the shelf tech for radar, engine, weapons and electronics and voila - you're set for an independent future that doesn't really have a best before date as long as jet fighters of any kind are relevant.
JA version has a neat little feature (as does Gripen) auto aim gun (aimbot) - slaved to radar. Aim manually within a few degrees, press fire. Computer takes over and fine adjust aim, I have not heard of any other plane (including fifth gen F-22, F-35), doing it to this extent.
Look at the old Top Gear stuff on RU-vid with the SAAB crash tests in comparison with other major world car brands in and around SAAB's price range. SAAB was the safest car in the world but most people were too stupid to understand that.
