True story: when I joined the Swedish Army, age 19, during basic training in the early 80s, the Viggen was still in active service. At one point we were ordered to show up at a certain ridge, far out in the wilderness, at a certain time. We stand there waiting, having no idea what to expect, then there's a call on the radio that we should pay attention. Few seconds later and they patch in a pilot going "I'm 20 seconds from target, coming in low and fast from the east" and then the Viggen blast by, BELOW us through the valley, with that insane roar from its engine. The pilot then did a little airshow for us, out there in the middle of nowhere. When the plane disappeared our CO said "and now you know why you should fear air power".
I have also witnessed exactly this story. But I guess it was the Gripen in my case. I did the swedish "lumpen" in 2001 :) perhaps the most powerful experience of my life. We were hidden but the pilot showed that he saw us by flying up and down extremely close to where we were. He was so close we saw buttons and lights inside the cockpit.
I know what you mean, i was young wanted to join the military in Holland, i made it but i was already pretty fit, in that time the military really needed people, i could choose 2 options marines, ore airborne brigade... i dont like boats i dont like airplaines also, but i went fore the airbrigade, first time i saw a chinook i shit myslefs, but the thing i completed the training, i was sent straight away to Bosnië, i had to patrole a route trough some moutains, first thing we enterd where some leopard tanks, the sound of those machines i felt so little, although i trained verry well, next thing we had to protect a convoi, apache's helikopters in the air, thing is we learned howe to battle, but what i also learned is if a apache wants you dead, you are dead, i saw 3 of those flying over my head, i touht i was tough, looking at those choppers and tanks made me feel so helples 😂😂, seeing those machines giving a demonstration, is fun, seeing those machines when they are ready to rock and roll, is not funny at all...
I can still remember the air show at my small hometown, I think I was 10 years old. 43 years ago. That Viggen blew over that air field and the sound and the impact, my entire body was shaken up. That engine BEAST.
My parents took me to the 1972 Farnborough Air Show at the age of 7 and loved it but was so scared when the Saab Viggen was displayed!! Never forget the noise!!!!!!
It’s a good thing that this Viggen is still flying! I think it’s a unique and impressive aircraft and also an example of what the Swedish aviation industry is able to build.
What a lovely piece of Swedish engineering, almost as beautiful as Concorde. I love the canard effect on performance capability. I really like it that the Swedes use highways as strategic airfields too. Magic stuff. Thanks for posting this really powerful footage.
I served in the SAF at the end of the Viggen era. Fancy beeing woke by a squadron of these taking off 100 meters from your pillow, passing overhead. My intestants shiver to the memory..hell I miss this.
I agree! I hoped we would go for Saab instead of Lockheed when the Norwegian government should decide our future fighter jet for over a decade ago, but unfortunately no one asked me.
I absolutely love this plane. When I was a kid and we spent the summers in Stockholm's archipelago, it was powerful to see two planes in formation flying very fast and low over the sea which happened quite often.
Here in California, my local Saab car dealer (Tor's in Lompoc) was owned by a Swedish gentleman who grew up near Trollhättan. His father worked in the old underground Saab airplane factory, so it was a true Saab family! He told lots of cool stories about Drakens and Viggens at airshows, and how he'd watch them pull out of a forest hiding spot and use the public road for take-off! Sadly, he is no longer in business but what a great guy, a true Saab fanatic and motorhead.
@@Rubensgardens.Skogsmuseum No, the motors made by Volvo were NOT made in SAAB "berget" wich is/was located in Linkoping.90 meter under ground and today a "sleeper".
@@Rubensgardens.Skogsmuseum Well... There is just a short distanse to aeroseum in Gothenberg. All story do have some parts that is not 100 just not to say it all. And when someone tell a story they change it and do get some parts wrong etc. So yehh.
Absolutly LOVE that aircraft! A real mans fighter, so gorgeous to look at, and you can feel the power in your chest, the sound is just amazing! Wow, and Wow again!!
My grandfather, Victor Horton, was a NASA test pilot and flew the triple sonic YF-12 and SR-71 Blackbirds. He always spoke very highly of the Viggen. I didn't find out why until years later: it was one of the few aircraft that had successfully intercepted a Blackbird.
Well jets are very expensive and difficult to be made the Blackbird is the ultimate spy plane only beatable from a MIG-31 Foxhound for a short period of time if there is a confrontation or a act of war.
The Swedes make excellent fighter aircraft, amongst a lot of other great things. The mighty U.S airforce has enormous respect and regard for the Saab Gripen, which is huge kudos to Saab, and Sweden.
@@mrmullett1067 sweden does not manufacture dishwashers anymore. was sold to slovenia and moved production in 2013. they could not run it either. they have since sold it to a Chinese company. production is still in slovenia. the only development is kvsr in sweden so you can write designed in sweden on it
……….. I sincerely want to deeply thank you for this video, I was totally in, it shocked me, amazed me, that was one of the best videos I’ve seen. No music no BS, I was there, living the moment in front of this beautiful monster… Saab jet fighters fascinate me so much… Huge thank you @StordLufthamn for the share, big salut 🫡 from France ViNZ.
As a kid in the cold war 80's I grew up with these beasts in the sky, patrolling the airspace in the south of Sweden. Almost every week I could see (and hear) them coming. The roar was incredible. They always came in a pair. If you saw them coming in at low altitude, you better protect your ears. I'll never forget when they did their low altitude fly-by's close to our village.
L L First of all, this plane was the cold war era, you ignorant bastard. Secondly, basically every country had collaborators from all main powers. Basically all neutral countries were invaded, certainly all were threatened to be. Step of your cozy, moral high horse and realize those were some scary times.
When I grew up in Sweden those planes made us feel a bit safer during many cold war years. We saw them quite often, even though not living close to a base. Nowadays I am proud to live in Linköping, where all SAAB fighters have been and are designed and built. It is really fascinating that a small city with around 150.000 people still can compete with new fighter jets and it warms my heart when I hear retired people here talking about memories from their years at SAAB.
Yes, it is amazing that such a small country can build such amazing fighters. I wish our (Canadian) forces would seriously consider the Gripen to replace our CF-18s but instead we'll end up with that overhyped, overpriced L-M POS F-35 that'll suck us taxpayers dry....
@@diavolorosso69 you can always buy the Viggen design instead you know. It can carry a bigger radar and it's more rugged. Take offs and landings will never be a problem.Just check out the video where a Viggen pulls sledges on an icy runway. I am sure that Rolls Royce can provide a suitable engine with some Swedish input. The missiles would be top of the class Meteors and the radar could easily be borrowed from the AESA Typhoon which is actually a better AESA than the Americans have. AESA Viggens with Meteors operated from forward dispersed bases would be better at stopping Russian bombers than inland anything with AMRAAMs.
Truly amazing that a nation of ten mill people achived this. The Viggen also has Swedish engine from Volvo and the radar is Ericcson. What an achievement.
@@tabletopcars3110: Why would Russia attack you? Russia is not an imperialist country like USA. Besides that, when the ICBM's fly the only use of these toy planes will be to fly away from the blast.
@@facundoverag Russia has always been imperialist. When the Viggen was designed all of Eastern Europe was under Russian imperialist rule - against their will. Even today Russia makes imperialist statements and even nuclear threats towards smaller European countries who have no weapons of mass destruction. Nobody likes Russia in Europe, we sometimes try to be pleasant because we don't want trouble. But truth be told, nobody actually likes them here. We don't get nuclear weapons of our own and threaten them back because we are more civilized and understand the dangers with nukes. Dangers they don't give a shit about. Russia is a problem to the entire planet.
As a kid we had Viggen flying over our house a couple of times every week. That roaring sound used to make me feel safe and these days it fills me with nostalgia. Jet sounds are all but gone these days..
I was always convinced that this fighter is miles ahead of its time! Too bad one does not see in this video how it drives backwards with thrust reversal, turns and starts again in the direction from which it had landed previously! Great plane!
Saw Viggen, couldn't click fast enough. I love these double-arrowhead scifi-looking beasts! Starting at about 06:56, if you're wearing headphones, you can hear the car alarms going off in the parking lot. :D Protip: At an airshow, lock you car but don't set the alarm. The aircrafts will set it off.
Talked to a former Viggen pilot in spring of -18 and he claimed that, when Viggen was new, they tried to land it hard but the ground effect was so strong that they hardly exceeded 17 ft/s. That´s 11 mph (18 km/h) vertical speed. Would probably work on an aircraft carrier.
SAAB AJS-37 Viggen was designed to operate from dispersed air-bases. No other jet-plane can perform a Rockford-turn. And no other jet-plane looks even at standstill so menacing or threatening as Viggen does.
@B Rallybear The Viggen probably didn't need an aircraft carrier and all its functions, it would've just needed the landing space, the conscripts to do everything on top deck and take off again in 20 minutes. Landing cables? Pfff!
I may be a Brit but for me this is plane has always been awesome. It not just a brilliant design aerodynamically but it also has that psychological impact in its silhouette, rather forbidding... a bit like the effect the Stealth bomber did when I first saw it at Farnborough in the 90's.
From the time she started to move at the runway to all landing gears left the ground took only 10 sec ... What a powerful engine and short distance take off ! ! She's not only a pretty but also a Monster in the air ! ! Distinguish & Excellent Swedish technology... That's why I am now driving a Saab ! !
Nicsoft Inc if it doesn’t have at least a backlog of 500 at some point in its life it will be a failure. Look at all the other successful programs, thousands ordered sometimes. By the same metric even the F-22 was a failure due to political bullshit. Sucks don’t it?
Nicsoft Inc 2 things. 1st your preaching to the choir, I work at Lockheed. 2nd I didn’t say anything about exports, our original F-22 order was for over 700 of them. We got 187.
Thanks for the excellent footage, lovely to see the legendary fighter in action. Afterburner triggering the car alarms is epic and also thanks for the slow motion touch down.
Just go give you an anecdote about the Swedish pilots flying this beast in this era: They basically always practiced flying at war time conditions. They flew very low over treetops, sometimes betweeen the treetops at ridiculous speed. They practiced war during peace time, because the Swedish military defense knew the obstacle they were training for: a total invasion from the Soviet Union. Because of this, many, many pilots died, because of any slight error. Many great pilots lost their lives. That also meant Sweden had the 4th biggest air force in the world during the cold era, with a world class airplane (at every pace), with world class pilots. They were absolutely ready, because Sweden expected an invasion and wouldn't accept to play dead again as in ww2. In the 80s, Sweden was at its peak in defensive capability. 800.000+ soldiers with Ak4s and KSP58 (machine guns), Carl Gustav recoilless rifles, STRV103 (a Stug on steroids) and then a huge amount of this airplane. There were premade bunkers and tank obstacles ready to go in the forest where I grew up, all over. Forts with big cannons ready to go, aimed towards my own city to support fighting troops who lost ground. All with the strategy of hit and run warfare and mobility - and then some bite back for every inch. And the Swedish people knew exactly what to do and which defensive bunker to go to, covering the entire society. Sweden even built its railroad inland up north, which hurt the economy, but protected the logistics a bit more. In this era, the Swedish airforce was absolutely ridiculous compared to the size of the country, as was the entire defense. The country was prepared in air, at sea, at army and at civilian level. When the cold war ended, Sweden went back to total slacker mode, unfortunately. The society thrived, while always preparing for war. You can only withold neutrality by having alot of firepower, which Sweden learnt through the second world war. The number of airplanes Britain defended their island with, was the basis for defending Sweden, while not assuming there wouldn't be any airbases left after the first strike. And basically all weapons were manufactured in the country. I am proud of this heritage, because it shows what a small nation can do if they're hellbent on doing it, with great minds, talent and a great sense of societal responsibility. Sweden would've been a hellhole to conquer, which was the strategy: it would've cost more to invade Sweden than the rewards of conquering it. Sweden guaranteed a victory would never be worth it for the aggressor. A clear Pyrrhus battle for anyone to see. A small mammal with dangerous fangs. I grew up in Boden, a military stronghold during the 80s in the north, a stronghold for a ton of military bases. I always heard and saw Viggen (which was AWESOME), I always heard distant machinegun fire from the mountains during weekends. Sometimes the windows vibrated from the force of various things, most often the Viggen, sometimes from artillery I guess, or air bangs? It was a constant exercise to prepare to fuck up the aggressor all around me. I can't say I was afraid, ever. As a child I thought it was normal and really cool. Those sounds made me feel safe, because I knew all that power was to protect me. They were Swedish warriors. After the IMF destroyed the Swedish economy in 1985, it was all over. Now we're just a puppet state of the capitalist globalism, where people are worth as much as cattle. I miss our neutrality, alot.
I can only agree with the OP! =) We saw the AJ 37 pass over Gothenburg several times per week in the 1980's. I did my military service in the Swedish Anti-Air at LV6. We had two Bofors 40 mm LVAKAN controlled by a aimer manning the CIG 790 radar fire control. It was so awesome to see the AJ 37 and JAS 39 up close. Our batallion was the last drafted to Landvetter airport with the conventional LVAKAN cannons. After 1995 the AA was going over to the Robot 70 platform. Great memories. =)
As a kid, I heard the same noises in the ’70s,’ 80s, not far from a big Russian (Soviet) military airport.I did not hope at all that it would happen in my life that Hungary would become a member of NATO and would also protect the Baltic peoples from the Russian bear with a Swedish-made plane. NATO is not perfect, but there is nothing better now.The Finns have also shown that by fighting wisely there can be a chance even in case of excess strength.Thanks for describing this story, it was interesting.
One of the coolest planes ever built!! The first time i stood behind one on the flightline, when it took off; it blew my mind!! It feels like the earth is shaking so the whole planet will brake into small pieces!! Another cool experience was in Duxford, England when the avro Vulcan gave the wolfHaul, the vulcanHaul! it shakes the air and whole sky around you, its soo cool and almost a little scary! Experiences of a lifetime!!!
@@ajaxmaintenance5104 yes the Avro 105 was also revolutionary great strides were made during the 50s and 60s and great engineering minds behind many of these airplanes. No computers!!!! When you hear about airplanes like the A-4 Skyhawk designed by Ed Heinemann supposedly penciled on a paper napkin as a design concept, makes it all more admirable.
The show-off takeoff always amazes me. It just trips a few steps from standstill and hurls itself up into the air. And a steep climb and immediate steep turn to add spite to offense. ...Still today, despite all them modern fighters with tremendous thrust/weight ratios.
As an Englishman the Viggen along with the Avro Vulcan are my all time favourite aircraft. Fond memories of the Viggen lighting up Finningley and Waddington airshows.
Mortimer Laforet Have you quite finished? And what part of the world are you from my handsome friend? The Spitfire, Lancaster, Hawker Hunter and the Avro Vulcan are just four examples of proper ugly bastards my blessed country have produced.
The Avro Vulcan is a wonderful piece of engineering for sure! I've always loved how you (Britain) made a truly ludicrous plan to fly a ready to mothball squadron of Vulcans, via an even more ludicrous plan of multi-staged refuelling, to the Falklands Islands on a mission so impossible to fulfil - and pull it off!?! What's even more amazing is how after you managed to pull off this one off mission you did it again several times the following nights!?! This showed that the Avro Vulcan were up to the task - a task that luckily never came since we wouldn't be having this conversation if it did... As a Swede I'm glad the cold war is over (albeit it seems to have started again recently...) but damn we saw some awesome planes made in that era! My favourite is the Saab J 35 Draken but the Avro Vulcan is there on the very top of my list too, next to the mighty SR-71 Blackbird as well which is probably one of the finest pieces of engineering ever made without the help of computers, and probably still as good as anything designed with modern aid! I also have to mention the MiG-29 and Su-27 to more or less complete my list of awesome cold war jets, which obviously includes the Saab AJ 37 Viggen as well. I loved watching Guy Martin in the last flight of the Vulcan bomber where they prepare XH558 for its last flight. It gave a great insight on how the Avro Vulcan was made and worked, and a fine homage to this old machine!
Stukas had a diving siren to intimidate. The Viggen had its engine. Their roar was insanely loud. Viggen didn't have a max speed, they ran out of fuel first. A pilot accidentally entered the stratosphere during a mistake in an exercise. The only plane to get a missile lock on a Blackbird. Amazing aircraft for its time. Notice the car alarms being activated by the Viggen in the video, lol.
@@kevinbaboolal4225 Sure, but the MIG-25 could only handle forces up to 4,5G, which made it a terrible fighter with terrible agility. The turning rate was atrocious for a jet fighter. That's why it was scrapped. It was the fastest, sure, but it couldn't fight. It was only created to hunt down the US spy planes. It was a very specific airplane with a very specific role. Meanwhile, the Viggen could catch up to SR-71 planes AND was very agile in combat.
I really love this plane. Brings back childhood memories of seeing these planes flying overhead all the time. Now we very rarely see the air force. It’s a shame. But great video! 👍
At first: SALUTE for this perfect filming! My opinion: SAAB Viggen - the flying Viking Axe! Enjoy this Video with full throttle on good Sound System or a high Quality Headphone... the amazing mighty VIGGEN !!! Big THX for this footage !!! Regards, Frank ( Germany ) ;o)
Wow. Awesome to see the viggen again. What an underestimated plane, overshadowed only because the Gripen was just so good. This plane can still keep up, its top speed and tactical maneuverability can go up against any pre-5th Gen fighter. Awesome clip
I have also worked with Viggen as a mechanic in the late 70's, and also think it was an advanced plan at the time. It could have been a perfect aircraft for a carrier ship.
A carrier aircraft need very strong and much longer damping course landing gears, and if not intergrated at initial design it's impossible to upgrade a aircraft for this, so for example the Eurofighter Typhoon cannot be upgraded to carrier...The Viggen weight twice the Super Etendard, similar weight to the F8 Crusader use in the french navy during the "Viggen era"...
It had green camo because it was built to be able to hide in forests and use roads as take-off. JAS 39 Gripen was supposed to have the same camo but Sweden changed its cold war strategy and abandoned the old secret forest bases, and the Gripen got its grey coat to blend with the sky rather than the trees.
As for the starting and landing distance some have mentioned, was designed with this in mind to be able to take off and land on Swedish roadways for cars in the case of Airports being destroyed or attacked. Also many of them would have been stationed away from airbases. In Sweden there was (and some still are left) "special" stretches of normal roadways that are very straight and widened to handle the aircrafts!
Back while stationed at Finthin Army Airfield in Germany during the mid eighties these birds brought out the most skylarkers. The sound they made... well, it's EPIC.
Bill Yost? YOU SAY, Was SWEAF in Germany during the Cold War, hmm... Just asking? Army was not even to go into NATO ground, for trianing or anything... Not even buying equipment..
An excellent war bird, years ahead of its time. SAAB have never been shy to try something new. The single seat version was beautiful, the hunchback trainer not so much. Thanks for posting the great video. Easy to see the roots of the Gripen.
Word Viktor! I "grew up" at the 1:st company where my dad used to work so I'll guess i've seen the 61 in the past when she was in service. Damn i miss those days when they had nightflight and passed over our house in the dark, you didn't know what was about to happen until you shit your pants as they passed with that 80 000hp engine roaring.
For an STOL jet fighter conceived in 1952, that first flew in 1967, tha was an insane takeoff! It took less than 900 m on the runway before blasting off vertically to engage action!
Love the Navy style , no-flair landing , you can the see the nosweheel compress and the reverse thrust come on . Brilliant vid . Valdigt Speciellt Flygplan ! The whole plane looks so bloody angry !!!! Wales UK
And the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) popping open fred Ted, not sure that is actually part of the normal landing procedure. RAT pops open just after nosewheel touches down at 10:00 just under the left canard flap.
Daniel, absolutely ! Swedish defenses and tactics are very advanced for go-it-alone country !Love the Ystad Robotboat too .(Great Vids from Galo .) Wales UK
@@r2hildur Ahh so they just landed on a highway in the forest!? And then "simsalabin" they were refueled and loaded? :-) Dream on, google BAS90 systemet! Du vet inget av vad snackar om!! Jag besvarade ett av dina tidigare inlägg... Dom landade ALDRIG i skogen där de tyckte det passade! Och att det just då skulle finnas klargöringspersonal just där!? haha! Det var ett vidare utbyggt system och logistik än du anar!
I grew up in a town close to where Viggen was made, and I still remember that roaring sound as if the whole clear blue sky was thundering, you could never tell from what direction a Viggen was coming by the sound alone.
Beautiful airplane, great show, and great video. The Viggen is a truly great and beautiful jet, though it is sadly often forgotten or overlooked. It was very advanced for its time, though.
Really good video! One of the best I have seen the last couple of years and one of the best displays of Viggen! So cool an fun. I did not even know that there is a SK37 flying today! I'm happy! Good job!/Johan S
Thanks for sharing, i remeber the distinct sound from the Viggen from my childhood during the cold war, living not far from a military airbase. If i only knew that the SAAB Viggen [lightning] actually had a Volvoengine. Absolutely love the sparkling rumble lightningsound from that old engine with afterburner turned on. The closepass at 9:08 induces goosebumps on my arms. This is just as i remember when they passed by, usually in pairs. My favorite aircraft togheter with the Vulcan which also has an amazing propulsion soundsignature. Thanks again for sharing this video!
Awesome display and video! It is wonderful that the SwAFHF has brought this two-seat Viggen back in the air. Hope to see (and film) them on an airshow this year. Hopefully at RIAT. :)
So many times I’ve seen that silhouette as a kid! Best plane ever built! Supersonic and can do a 50km/h fly by. Short wingspan to be able to land on a country road, refuel from a tanker truck and git going again in no time and without a huge “pit stop” crew! Just amazing! I remember one time, when me and dad went on a drive and we spotted a Viggen parked in a siding, just 30m from the main country road. We could’ve just a well have missed it cause it was barely visible.
Thank you for this excellent video, and editing as well. I was an enlisted member of the 54th and 12th Fighter Squadron (F-15C) while in the Air Force, and I was lucky enough to get a ride in a D model the day before I left Alaska (2 ship Combat Training Sortie) late in 2002, so I'll always have a soft spot for that aircraft, but the Viggen is such a killer jet! I'm into the RC airplane hobby, and I've always wanted a flying model version of the Viggen...maybe someday. Again, thanks for the video, and greetings from the U.S.!
Dont forget Saabs' Carlsson "Red Top" Turbo road cars. 900 and 9000. 225bhp front wheel drive, absolute torque steering monsters. That was about the limit of controllabilty for FWD in the days before traction control. Traction control was simply your right foot......
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True story: when I joined the Swedish Army, age 19, during basic training in the early 80s, the Viggen was still in active service. At one point we were ordered to show up at a certain ridge, far out in the wilderness, at a certain time. We stand there waiting, having no idea what to expect, then there's a call on the radio that we should pay attention. Few seconds later and they patch in a pilot going "I'm 20 seconds from target, coming in low and fast from the east" and then the Viggen blast by, BELOW us through the valley, with that insane roar from its engine. The pilot then did a little airshow for us, out there in the middle of nowhere. When the plane disappeared our CO said "and now you know why you should fear air power".
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@@cfranko1860 Exactly!
I have also witnessed exactly this story. But I guess it was the Gripen in my case. I did the swedish "lumpen" in 2001 :) perhaps the most powerful experience of my life. We were hidden but the pilot showed that he saw us by flying up and down extremely close to where we were. He was so close we saw buttons and lights inside the cockpit.
Damn
I know what you mean, i was young wanted to join the military in Holland, i made it but i was already pretty fit, in that time the military really needed people, i could choose 2 options marines, ore airborne brigade... i dont like boats i dont like airplaines also, but i went fore the airbrigade, first time i saw a chinook i shit myslefs, but the thing i completed the training, i was sent straight away to Bosnië, i had to patrole a route trough some moutains, first thing we enterd where some leopard tanks, the sound of those machines i felt so little, although i trained verry well, next thing we had to protect a convoi, apache's helikopters in the air, thing is we learned howe to battle, but what i also learned is if a apache wants you dead, you are dead, i saw 3 of those flying over my head, i touht i was tough, looking at those choppers and tanks made me feel so helples 😂😂, seeing those machines giving a demonstration, is fun, seeing those machines when they are ready to rock and roll, is not funny at all...
I just love the low cost, STOL Swedish fighters. So very much to the point; so very effective. Draken, Viggen, Gripen - very impressive machines!
Yeah man. Sweden has the best planes off all time.
I can still remember the air show at my small hometown, I think I was 10 years old. 43 years ago. That Viggen blew over that air field and the sound and the impact, my entire body was shaken up. That engine BEAST.
My parents took me to the 1972 Farnborough Air Show at the age of 7 and loved it but was so scared when the Saab Viggen was displayed!! Never forget the noise!!!!!!
It’s a good thing that this Viggen is still flying! I think it’s a unique and impressive aircraft and also an example of what the Swedish aviation industry is able to build.
What a lovely piece of Swedish engineering, almost as beautiful as Concorde. I love the canard effect on performance capability. I really like it that the Swedes use highways as strategic airfields too. Magic stuff. Thanks for posting this really powerful footage.
Viggen, the greatest technical achievement ever made in Sweden. Truly a machine worth to be proud of.
Have you ever heard of Eva Ekeblad?
I agree.
So too the deadly Gripen.
@@KernowekTim Kinda cringe to be proud of a machine that's built to kill humans.
Have you heard of Carl Edvard Johansson? The inventor of the gauge blocks and adjustable micrometer for fabrication and machine shop measurements.
I know why i like sweden. This is more than only a plane. It's art. A 👍 from Germany.
I served in the SAF at the end of the Viggen era. Fancy beeing woke by a squadron of these taking off 100 meters from your pillow, passing overhead. My intestants shiver to the memory..hell I miss this.
Tunnan( the Barrel,) Draken and Viggen and now the Gripen are all wonderful aircraft and bear good witness to swedish know how.
(From Iceland)
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Why do our friends buy american planes then? Politics.
I agree! I hoped we would go for Saab instead of Lockheed when the Norwegian government should decide our future fighter jet for over a decade ago, but unfortunately no one asked me.
I absolutely love this plane. When I was a kid and we spent the summers in Stockholm's archipelago, it was powerful to see two planes in formation flying very fast and low over the sea which happened quite often.
I still remember my first takeoff Zon 3 !! Now i am 77 years old ! Viggen was fantastisk !!!
You did fly those things?
And BF-110.....to slow response...!
Hahahahaha..😂😂😂😂
@SS 4th - REICH jawohl..!
I talk to komandante right now....
Hahahahaha....😂😂😂😂😂
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@Dmitri Kozlowsky The last flight in active service was in November 2005.
@Dmitri Kozlowsky no but I there are 2 in airworthy condition.
Here in California, my local Saab car dealer (Tor's in Lompoc) was owned by a Swedish gentleman who grew up near Trollhättan. His father worked in the old underground Saab airplane factory, so it was a true Saab family! He told lots of cool stories about Drakens and Viggens at airshows, and how he'd watch them pull out of a forest hiding spot and use the public road for take-off! Sadly, he is no longer in business but what a great guy, a true Saab fanatic and motorhead.
There is no underground SAAB airplane factory in Trollhättan but the motors were made by Volvo in a bomb proof factory called "berget." (The rock).
@@Rubensgardens.Skogsmuseum No, the motors made by Volvo were NOT made in SAAB "berget" wich is/was located in Linkoping.90 meter under ground and today a "sleeper".
@@Rubensgardens.Skogsmuseum Well... There is just a short distanse to aeroseum in Gothenberg. All story do have some parts that is not 100 just not to say it all. And when someone tell a story they change it and do get some parts wrong etc. So yehh.
Absolutly LOVE that aircraft!
A real mans fighter, so gorgeous to look at, and you can feel the power in your chest, the sound is just amazing! Wow, and Wow again!!
My grandfather, Victor Horton, was a NASA test pilot and flew the triple sonic YF-12 and SR-71 Blackbirds. He always spoke very highly of the Viggen. I didn't find out why until years later: it was one of the few aircraft that had successfully intercepted a Blackbird.
Well jets are very expensive and difficult to be made the Blackbird is the ultimate spy plane only beatable from a MIG-31 Foxhound for a short period of time if there is a confrontation or a act of war.
it was the pilot who flew the plane.
SR- 71 мог перехватить только МИГ-25.
An the lightning
The Swedes make excellent fighter aircraft, amongst a lot of other great things. The mighty U.S airforce has enormous respect and regard for the Saab Gripen, which is huge kudos to Saab, and Sweden.
They make excellent dish washers too. We're onto our second Asea and first Asko .. after almost 40 years of parenting. They make good stuff.
@@mrmullett1067 sweden does not manufacture dishwashers anymore. was sold to slovenia and moved production in 2013. they could not run it either. they have since sold it to a Chinese company. production is still in slovenia. the only development is kvsr in sweden so you can write designed in sweden on it
thanks buddy, USA makes great stuff too
even today the Saab viggen is and always will be one of the most advanced fighter aircraft ever built , far ahead of its time
a true ATF
Such an iconic aircraft the SAAB SK37 Viggen! Thank You So Much for this lovely nostalgic video! SAAB Forever! ♥️🌷🕯
From my recruit... Viggen was something else! The ground was shaking...
That monstersound when taking of with the afterburners was insane, Raw Power!
……….. I sincerely want to deeply thank you for this video, I was totally in, it shocked me, amazed me, that was one of the best videos I’ve seen.
No music no BS, I was there, living the moment in front of this beautiful monster…
Saab jet fighters fascinate me so much…
Huge thank you @StordLufthamn for the share, big salut 🫡 from France
ViNZ.
As a kid in the cold war 80's I grew up with these beasts in the sky, patrolling the airspace in the south of Sweden. Almost every week I could see (and hear) them coming. The roar was incredible. They always came in a pair. If you saw them coming in at low altitude, you better protect your ears. I'll never forget when they did their low altitude fly-by's close to our village.
Yes, such childhood memories. They were insanely loud.
anno 1950 year hahaha
L L First of all, this plane was the cold war era, you ignorant bastard. Secondly, basically every country had collaborators from all main powers. Basically all neutral countries were invaded, certainly all were threatened to be. Step of your cozy, moral high horse and realize those were some scary times.
I lived near Helsingør and saw them at least once a week patrolling.
I remember the sonic booms they created. I miss that. :(
When I grew up in Sweden those planes made us feel a bit safer during many cold war years. We saw them quite often, even though not living close to a base. Nowadays I am proud to live in Linköping, where all SAAB fighters have been and are designed and built. It is really fascinating that a small city with around 150.000 people still can compete with new fighter jets and it warms my heart when I hear retired people here talking about memories from their years at SAAB.
Yes, it is amazing that such a small country can build such amazing fighters. I wish our (Canadian) forces would seriously consider the Gripen to replace our CF-18s but instead we'll end up with that overhyped, overpriced L-M POS F-35 that'll suck us taxpayers dry....
@@diavolorosso69 you can always buy the Viggen design instead you know. It can carry a bigger radar and it's more rugged. Take offs and landings will never be a problem.Just check out the video where a Viggen pulls sledges on an icy runway. I am sure that Rolls Royce can provide a suitable engine with some Swedish input. The missiles would be top of the class Meteors and the radar could easily be borrowed from the AESA Typhoon which is actually a better AESA than the Americans have. AESA Viggens with Meteors operated from forward dispersed bases would be better at stopping Russian bombers than inland anything with AMRAAMs.
Truly amazing that a nation of ten mill people achived this. The Viggen also has Swedish engine from Volvo and the radar is Ericcson. What an achievement.
@@tabletopcars3110: Why would Russia attack you? Russia is not an imperialist country like USA. Besides that, when the ICBM's fly the only use of these toy planes will be to fly away from the blast.
@@facundoverag Russia has always been imperialist. When the Viggen was designed all of Eastern Europe was under Russian imperialist rule - against their will. Even today Russia makes imperialist statements and even nuclear threats towards smaller European countries who have no weapons of mass destruction. Nobody likes Russia in Europe, we sometimes try to be pleasant because we don't want trouble. But truth be told, nobody actually likes them here. We don't get nuclear weapons of our own and threaten them back because we are more civilized and understand the dangers with nukes. Dangers they don't give a shit about. Russia is a problem to the entire planet.
As a kid we had Viggen flying over our house a couple of times every week. That roaring sound used to make me feel safe and these days it fills me with nostalgia. Jet sounds are all but gone these days..
I love the sound of the afterburners from the viggen.❤️
I know right, instant throwback to my 80´s childhood....you heard that thunder all the time.
90000+ bhp of Soviet killing power. That was what it was designed to do.
Ask the citizens of Linkoping. Ha, ha, they're glad it has been taken out of duty! Just the sound could kill, no arms needed.
Sweet, manouvereable, bloody fast (2.0M), heavily loaded at its time, superb good looking. And roaring like hell!
I was always convinced that this fighter is miles ahead of its time!
Too bad one does not see in this video how it drives backwards with thrust reversal, turns and starts again in the direction from which it had landed previously!
Great plane!
They did show this at Sola Airshow (SVG) earlier this month! Impressive jet - both Viggen and Draken!
Saw Viggen, couldn't click fast enough. I love these double-arrowhead scifi-looking beasts!
Starting at about 06:56, if you're wearing headphones, you can hear the car alarms going off in the parking lot. :D
Protip: At an airshow, lock you car but don't set the alarm. The aircrafts will set it off.
As much as this airframe and what it can do, my thank you to the camera operator! Well done.
Talked to a former Viggen pilot in spring of -18 and he claimed that, when Viggen was new, they tried to land it hard but the ground effect was so strong that they hardly exceeded 17 ft/s. That´s 11 mph (18 km/h) vertical speed. Would probably work on an aircraft carrier.
SAAB AJS-37 Viggen was designed to operate from dispersed air-bases. No other jet-plane can perform a Rockford-turn. And no other jet-plane looks even at standstill so menacing or threatening as Viggen does.
I thought so (about carriers). It even used an terribly small stretch of land to takeoff
@B Rallybear The Viggen probably didn't need an aircraft carrier and all its functions, it would've just needed the landing space, the conscripts to do everything on top deck and take off again in 20 minutes. Landing cables? Pfff!
He didn`t do the "waving" to the audience when he did the low speed fly by. They used to do that in the old days. With the aircraft of course !!
1:14 - That flying hat! In America we would NEVER get that kind of love from the backside of any jet, much less this beautiful SAAB SK37!
What a survivor! outstanding. So ahead of its time...
I absolutely LOVE the sound of that machine!
A fighter ahead of its time, what a beauty!
I may be a Brit but for me this is plane has always been awesome. It not just a brilliant design aerodynamically but it also has that psychological impact in its silhouette, rather forbidding... a bit like the effect the Stealth bomber did when I first saw it at Farnborough in the 90's.
From the time she started to move at the runway to all landing gears left the ground took only 10 sec ... What a powerful engine and short distance take off ! ! She's not only a pretty but also a Monster in the air ! ! Distinguish & Excellent Swedish technology... That's why I am now driving a Saab ! !
Those Saab military jets aren't selling so well now are they? Wonder why.....
Nicsoft Inc if it doesn’t have at least a backlog of 500 at some point in its life it will be a failure. Look at all the other successful programs, thousands ordered sometimes. By the same metric even the F-22 was a failure due to political bullshit. Sucks don’t it?
Nicsoft Inc 2 things. 1st your preaching to the choir, I work at Lockheed. 2nd I didn’t say anything about exports, our original F-22 order was for over 700 of them. We got 187.
Politics! we don't have the money to du return buys from other countrys, and we are not allowed to sell to countrys in war.
You're driving a SAAB because it has a "short take off" distance?
I suspect that you're doing something wrong.
Thanks for the excellent footage, lovely to see the legendary fighter in action. Afterburner triggering the car alarms is epic and also thanks for the slow motion touch down.
" I love the smell of SwAFHF SAAB SK37 Viggen taking off in the morning! It's the smell of victory! "Now that's my kind of an Aircraft!
Smell of .. "dam... that is a lot of unburnet carosene
Legendary Cold War fighter plane. Truly epic! A real marvel of engineering, so advanced for its time.
I loved seeing these planes flying over my city when growing up. The sound😍
Östersund? :)
@@DrDanB Ängelholm🙂
@Maan Albashir 8A Varagårdsskolan Tyvärr inte, tror de sista Viggen pensionerades 2005.
@@MrBlue-dm5li I love how your city names and language sound like :)
@@jamesmagnum 🎼😁
I loved it as a child, and at 45, I still do...gorgeous plane
Just go give you an anecdote about the Swedish pilots flying this beast in this era: They basically always practiced flying at war time conditions. They flew very low over treetops, sometimes betweeen the treetops at ridiculous speed. They practiced war during peace time, because the Swedish military defense knew the obstacle they were training for: a total invasion from the Soviet Union. Because of this, many, many pilots died, because of any slight error. Many great pilots lost their lives. That also meant Sweden had the 4th biggest air force in the world during the cold era, with a world class airplane (at every pace), with world class pilots. They were absolutely ready, because Sweden expected an invasion and wouldn't accept to play dead again as in ww2.
In the 80s, Sweden was at its peak in defensive capability. 800.000+ soldiers with Ak4s and KSP58 (machine guns), Carl Gustav recoilless rifles, STRV103 (a Stug on steroids) and then a huge amount of this airplane. There were premade bunkers and tank obstacles ready to go in the forest where I grew up, all over. Forts with big cannons ready to go, aimed towards my own city to support fighting troops who lost ground. All with the strategy of hit and run warfare and mobility - and then some bite back for every inch. And the Swedish people knew exactly what to do and which defensive bunker to go to, covering the entire society. Sweden even built its railroad inland up north, which hurt the economy, but protected the logistics a bit more.
In this era, the Swedish airforce was absolutely ridiculous compared to the size of the country, as was the entire defense. The country was prepared in air, at sea, at army and at civilian level. When the cold war ended, Sweden went back to total slacker mode, unfortunately. The society thrived, while always preparing for war. You can only withold neutrality by having alot of firepower, which Sweden learnt through the second world war. The number of airplanes Britain defended their island with, was the basis for defending Sweden, while not assuming there wouldn't be any airbases left after the first strike. And basically all weapons were manufactured in the country.
I am proud of this heritage, because it shows what a small nation can do if they're hellbent on doing it, with great minds, talent and a great sense of societal responsibility. Sweden would've been a hellhole to conquer, which was the strategy: it would've cost more to invade Sweden than the rewards of conquering it. Sweden guaranteed a victory would never be worth it for the aggressor. A clear Pyrrhus battle for anyone to see. A small mammal with dangerous fangs.
I grew up in Boden, a military stronghold during the 80s in the north, a stronghold for a ton of military bases. I always heard and saw Viggen (which was AWESOME), I always heard distant machinegun fire from the mountains during weekends. Sometimes the windows vibrated from the force of various things, most often the Viggen, sometimes from artillery I guess, or air bangs? It was a constant exercise to prepare to fuck up the aggressor all around me. I can't say I was afraid, ever. As a child I thought it was normal and really cool. Those sounds made me feel safe, because I knew all that power was to protect me. They were Swedish warriors.
After the IMF destroyed the Swedish economy in 1985, it was all over. Now we're just a puppet state of the capitalist globalism, where people are worth as much as cattle. I miss our neutrality, alot.
I can only agree with the OP! =)
We saw the AJ 37 pass over Gothenburg several times per week in the 1980's.
I did my military service in the Swedish Anti-Air at LV6. We had two Bofors 40 mm LVAKAN controlled by a aimer manning the CIG 790 radar fire control.
It was so awesome to see the AJ 37 and JAS 39 up close.
Our batallion was the last drafted to Landvetter airport with the conventional LVAKAN cannons.
After 1995 the AA was going over to the Robot 70 platform.
Great memories. =)
That thrust reverser , plane can do a 3 point turn
Wow, incredible. thanks for the history. amazing plane!!
As a kid, I heard the same noises in the ’70s,’ 80s, not far from a big Russian (Soviet) military airport.I did not hope at all that it would happen in my life that Hungary would become a member of NATO and would also protect the Baltic peoples from the Russian bear with a Swedish-made plane.
NATO is not perfect, but there is nothing better now.The Finns have also shown that by fighting wisely there can be a chance even in case of excess strength.Thanks for describing this story, it was interesting.
Two most powerful air forces in the world are the United States air Force then the United States navy.et that sink in lol
One of the coolest planes ever built!! The first time i stood behind one on the flightline, when it took off; it blew my mind!! It feels like the earth is shaking so the whole planet will brake into small pieces!!
Another cool experience was in Duxford, England when the avro Vulcan gave the wolfHaul, the vulcanHaul! it shakes the air and whole sky around you, its soo cool and almost a little scary!
Experiences of a lifetime!!!
One of the coolest and most innovative airplane ever designed. Way ahead of its time.
Just like the Avro CF-105 Arrow. Some say it might still be in service it was so advanced.
@@ajaxmaintenance5104 yes the Avro 105 was also revolutionary great strides were made during the 50s and 60s and great engineering minds behind many of these airplanes. No computers!!!! When you hear about airplanes like the A-4 Skyhawk designed by Ed Heinemann supposedly penciled on a paper napkin as a design concept, makes it all more admirable.
The show-off takeoff always amazes me. It just trips a few steps from standstill and hurls itself up into the air. And a steep climb and immediate steep turn to add spite to offense.
...Still today, despite all them modern fighters with tremendous thrust/weight ratios.
On my list of all time favorites, and one of the coolest looking aircraft perhaps ever. Great to see her fly, thanks.
As an Englishman the Viggen along with the Avro Vulcan are my all time favourite aircraft. Fond memories of the Viggen lighting up Finningley and Waddington airshows.
Mortimer Laforet Have you quite finished? And what part of the world are you from my handsome friend? The Spitfire, Lancaster, Hawker Hunter and the Avro Vulcan are just four examples of proper ugly bastards my blessed country have produced.
Sopwith camel, fairey swordfish, lightning, I think the list could be extended.
Tommy Hill Oh yes very ugly. Especially the Lightning. Fuck knows how that thing got off the ground it was so repugnant.
I lowe he J35f kite /draken) fast as hell runs like demon..
The Avro Vulcan is a wonderful piece of engineering for sure! I've always loved how you (Britain) made a truly ludicrous plan to fly a ready to mothball squadron of Vulcans, via an even more ludicrous plan of multi-staged refuelling, to the Falklands Islands on a mission so impossible to fulfil - and pull it off!?! What's even more amazing is how after you managed to pull off this one off mission you did it again several times the following nights!?! This showed that the Avro Vulcan were up to the task - a task that luckily never came since we wouldn't be having this conversation if it did...
As a Swede I'm glad the cold war is over (albeit it seems to have started again recently...) but damn we saw some awesome planes made in that era! My favourite is the Saab J 35 Draken but the Avro Vulcan is there on the very top of my list too, next to the mighty SR-71 Blackbird as well which is probably one of the finest pieces of engineering ever made without the help of computers, and probably still as good as anything designed with modern aid!
I also have to mention the MiG-29 and Su-27 to more or less complete my list of awesome cold war jets, which obviously includes the Saab AJ 37 Viggen as well.
I loved watching Guy Martin in the last flight of the Vulcan bomber where they prepare XH558 for its last flight. It gave a great insight on how the Avro Vulcan was made and worked, and a fine homage to this old machine!
Stukas had a diving siren to intimidate. The Viggen had its engine. Their roar was insanely loud. Viggen didn't have a max speed, they ran out of fuel first. A pilot accidentally entered the stratosphere during a mistake in an exercise. The only plane to get a missile lock on a Blackbird. Amazing aircraft for its time. Notice the car alarms being activated by the Viggen in the video, lol.
What about the foxbat?
@@kevinbaboolal4225 Huh?? Foxbait??
@@hotel3667 the mig-25 foxbat was designed to counter the sr-71 it was thr fastest interceptor at the time
@@kevinbaboolal4225 Sure, but the MIG-25 could only handle forces up to 4,5G, which made it a terrible fighter with terrible agility. The turning rate was atrocious for a jet fighter. That's why it was scrapped. It was the fastest, sure, but it couldn't fight. It was only created to hunt down the US spy planes. It was a very specific airplane with a very specific role. Meanwhile, the Viggen could catch up to SR-71 planes AND was very agile in combat.
@@carpetclimber4027 they could not catch up with blackbirds they met them from the front but that is still awesome.
This has got to be the best vid on youtube for this awesome aircraft. Love the Viggen.
For being such a big engine the startup is crazy fast. And the sound.... omg you have to hear it live to understand
I really love this plane. Brings back childhood memories of seeing these planes flying overhead all the time. Now we very rarely see the air force. It’s a shame. But great video! 👍
At first: SALUTE for this perfect filming! My opinion: SAAB Viggen - the flying Viking Axe! Enjoy this Video with full throttle on good Sound System or a high Quality Headphone... the amazing mighty VIGGEN !!! Big THX for this footage !!! Regards, Frank ( Germany ) ;o)
Still a beauty....Saabs are amazing aircraft!
Gripen: "Mom, who's my father?"
SAAB: "Come on, son, sit here and look at its video of him..."
who's the mom though?
@@the80386 The Draken
@@semlalagerol3262 the draken is too magical
Wow. Awesome to see the viggen again. What an underestimated plane, overshadowed only because the Gripen was just so good. This plane can still keep up, its top speed and tactical maneuverability can go up against any pre-5th Gen fighter. Awesome clip
I have also worked with Viggen as a mechanic in the late 70's, and also think it was an advanced plan at the time. It could have been a perfect aircraft for a carrier ship.
Imagine the argentinians using this planes instead the Super Etendards or A-4 in the Malvinas war.
@@carmafons.a.3403 Hubiera sido lo mismo,los misiles hubieran estado desactivados igual...
A carrier aircraft need very strong and much longer damping course landing gears, and if not intergrated at initial design it's impossible to upgrade a aircraft for this, so for example the Eurofighter Typhoon cannot be upgraded to carrier...The Viggen weight twice the Super Etendard, similar weight to the F8 Crusader use in the french navy during the "Viggen era"...
Beautiful aircraft and performance! I'd never seen one flying, live or recorded. Thanks for the video!
The sound alone makes my toes crumble.
When i was a kid they always flew around .
I miss the awesome power i could feel when they passed by....,
What a majestic fighter aircraft! And the camouflage pattern is the best i´ve ever seen......
It had green camo because it was built to be able to hide in forests and use roads as take-off. JAS 39 Gripen was supposed to have the same camo but Sweden changed its cold war strategy and abandoned the old secret forest bases, and the Gripen got its grey coat to blend with the sky rather than the trees.
FYI this is the trainer version, the fighter doesent have a back seat
That takeoff is incredible; wheels off the ground almost immediately. Swedish jets are really something else
She still looks futuristic even after 50 years; fast stood still. Nice display and video!😎👍🏻
take five
Looks like an antiquated Soviet era plane to me.
True
I first thought it looked very industrial and what you see in the sci fi movies depicting German 1940s era technology to be honest
gengiz after WW2 Sweden among other countries stole alot of plans so it's not impossible.
As for the starting and landing distance some have mentioned, was designed with this in mind to be able to take off and land on Swedish roadways for cars in the case of Airports being destroyed or attacked. Also many of them would have been stationed away from airbases. In Sweden there was (and some still are left) "special" stretches of normal roadways that are very straight and widened to handle the aircrafts!
Smart thinking.
Correct, I know of a place exactly like that not too far from where I grew up.
Not only in Sweden, in Finland, too!
I understood that was feature of Gripen!
Smart thinking
Back while stationed at Finthin Army Airfield in Germany during the mid eighties these birds brought out the most skylarkers. The sound they made... well, it's EPIC.
Bill Yost? YOU SAY, Was SWEAF in Germany during the Cold War, hmm... Just asking? Army was not even to go into NATO ground, for trianing or anything... Not even buying equipment..
Thank You So Much for All who have Designed , Engineered , Flown & Maintained the SAAB SK37 VIGGEN Fleets over the decades >>> Bravo Zulu! 🌷🌿🌍💜🕊🇸🇪
All the Swedish jets are works of art
I initially read work of fart
Based
Nice too se SK-37 back again! Very good video as well!
An excellent war bird, years ahead of its time. SAAB have never been shy to try something new. The single seat version was beautiful, the hunchback trainer not so much. Thanks for posting the great video.
Easy to see the roots of the Gripen.
Love it! This aircraft just got its markings back from when it was based at F 15 Söderhamn, 50 kilometers from my home. :)
Word Viktor! I "grew up" at the 1:st company where my dad used to work so I'll guess i've seen the 61 in the past when she was in service. Damn i miss those days when they had nightflight and passed over our house in the dark, you didn't know what was about to happen until you shit your pants as they passed with that 80 000hp engine roaring.
I grew up in a Sweden where you'd hear this sound on a daily basis.
Airbooms along lthe coast of Westerbotten from the ones placed in Kalllax/Luleå in my case. 😘
Great video of a fantastic aircraft! And I love the camo scheme they had. Well done Sweden!
FANTASTIC SOUND of the powerfull viggen. I CAN´T GET ENOUGH OF IT
That is some impressive short takeoff!!
Such a nice plane to see
STOL was part of the design specifications. It had to be able to take of and land on the road network as part of the resiliency strategy.
One of the best looking and finest Fighter Aircraft ever...
For an STOL jet fighter conceived in 1952, that first flew in 1967, tha was an insane takeoff! It took less than 900 m on the runway before blasting off vertically to engage action!
What an awesome afterburner view and the Sound ^^
Nice to see our Swedish friends airpower on display. 👍
Love the Navy style , no-flair landing , you can the see the nosweheel compress and the reverse thrust come on . Brilliant vid . Valdigt Speciellt Flygplan ! The whole plane looks so bloody angry !!!! Wales UK
And the Ram Air Turbine (RAT) popping open fred Ted, not sure that is actually part of the normal landing procedure.
RAT pops open just after nosewheel touches down at 10:00 just under the left canard flap.
Daniel, absolutely ! Swedish defenses and tactics are very advanced for go-it-alone country !Love the Ystad Robotboat too .(Great Vids from Galo .) Wales UK
As far as I know, the Viggen is the only fighter that has thrust reversers. Saves on having to repack a drag parachute.
@@Stumblingthunder Tornado also -but Viggen first !
@@r2hildur Ahh so they just landed on a highway in the forest!? And then "simsalabin" they were refueled and loaded? :-) Dream on, google BAS90 systemet! Du vet inget av vad snackar om!! Jag besvarade ett av dina tidigare inlägg... Dom landade ALDRIG i skogen där de tyckte det passade! Och att det just då skulle finnas klargöringspersonal just där!? haha! Det var ett vidare utbyggt system och logistik än du anar!
She can still set car alarms off what a beast
I remember the distinctive sound from the viggen overpasses from when i was a schoolboy. Still gives me goosebumps. Sounds amazing 9:15
Sveriges spjutspets
I grew up in a town close to where Viggen was made, and I still remember that roaring sound as if the whole clear blue sky was thundering, you could never tell from what direction a Viggen was coming by the sound alone.
Wow! What an awesome video of this beautiful Viggen! Beautiful camo paintings! Liked! Greetz
Beautiful airplane, great show, and great video. The Viggen is a truly great and beautiful jet, though it is sadly often forgotten or overlooked. It was very advanced for its time, though.
Really good video! One of the best I have seen the last couple of years and one of the best displays of Viggen! So cool an fun.
I did not even know that there is a SK37 flying today! I'm happy!
Good job!/Johan S
I remember the Drachen and Viggen both at Farnborough way back in the 1970's, not much it seems has changed.
Love the look of the older SAAB jet planes. They look like something out of a SCIFI movie.
Thanks for sharing, i remeber the distinct sound from the Viggen from my childhood during the cold war, living not far from a military airbase. If i only knew that the SAAB Viggen [lightning] actually had a Volvoengine. Absolutely love the sparkling rumble lightningsound from that old engine with afterburner turned on. The closepass at 9:08 induces goosebumps on my arms. This is just as i remember when they passed by, usually in pairs. My favorite aircraft togheter with the Vulcan which also has an amazing propulsion soundsignature. Thanks again for sharing this video!
Awesome display and video! It is wonderful that the SwAFHF has brought this two-seat Viggen back in the air. Hope to see (and film) them on an airshow this year. Hopefully at RIAT. :)
That is one gorgeous bird!
So many times I’ve seen that silhouette as a kid! Best plane ever built! Supersonic and can do a 50km/h fly by. Short wingspan to be able to land on a country road, refuel from a tanker truck and git going again in no time and without a huge “pit stop” crew! Just amazing!
I remember one time, when me and dad went on a drive and we spotted a Viggen parked in a siding, just 30m from the main country road. We could’ve just a well have missed it cause it was barely visible.
still one of the stylished jets ever
That fuel tank under the vessel makes the craft ugly... in my opinion. Seems as an achievement of the last century.
@@ДимаБерёзкин-т2ь isn’t that an additional gun?
@@quabbl6939 External fuel tank
A very unique design. Always have loved it.
"ever" would be a bit wierd... but for the era its ok
Setting off car alarms!! Nice one!!
She sounds great!!! Rips through the air!
She?
Love the viggen and love the camo scheme!!
Beautiful aircraft. 👍
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Super ugly jet fighter I even seen.
Look just like Saab 🚗 . Hahahahaha
Wow that looks so scary.
Love Sweden
Viggen is indeed a fitting name for an aircraft that makes such noice.
Thank you for this excellent video, and editing as well. I was an enlisted member of the 54th and 12th Fighter Squadron (F-15C) while in the Air Force, and I was lucky enough to get a ride in a D model the day before I left Alaska (2 ship Combat Training Sortie) late in 2002, so I'll always have a soft spot for that aircraft, but the Viggen is such a killer jet! I'm into the RC airplane hobby, and I've always wanted a flying model version of the Viggen...maybe someday. Again, thanks for the video, and greetings from the U.S.!
That loud and noisy old beast. It even sets off car alarms in the video..=)
1:10 The crowd must have been pretty cold and thought it wasn't windy enough. No worries the Viggen has that covered.
Haha :D
what a moron gave him a permission to do this?
Love that Viggen sets off car alarm almost every time on take off at air shows :)
Thank that Volvo engine for that! :D
I am proud of my country for making such amazing machines. Our fighters, ships, artillary and other tools of war are so amazing
Dont forget Saabs' Carlsson "Red Top" Turbo road cars. 900 and 9000. 225bhp front wheel drive, absolute torque steering monsters. That was about the limit of controllabilty for FWD in the days before traction control. Traction control was simply your right foot......