| Saab 37 Viggen | | | Description | | Role | Fighter, Attack, Recce and Trainer A/C | | Crew | 1 or 2 | | First Flight | February 1967 | | Entered Service | 1972 | | Versions | AJ37 (Attack), Sk37 (Trainer with combat capability), SF37 (Photo Reconnaissance), SH37 (Maritime reconnaissance), JA37 (Fighter) | | Manufacturer | Saab-Scania | | Dimensions (AJ, Sk, SF, SH versions) | | Length | 53 ft 5 in | 16.3 m | | Wingspan | 34 ft 9 in | 10.6 m | | Height | 19 ft 4 in | 5.9 m | | Wing area | 495 ft 1 in ² | 46 m² | | Dimensions (JA version) | | Length | 53 ft 8 in | 16.4 m | | Wingspan | 34 ft 7.8 in | 10.6 m | | Height | 19 ft 6 in | 6.0 m | | Wing area | ft² | m² | | Weights (JA version) | | Empty | 26,455 lb | 12,200 kg | | Loaded | lb | kg | | Maximum takeoff | 44,090 lb | 20000 kg | | Powerplant | | Engines | AJ37/SH37: One RM8A Svenska Flygmotor/Pratt & Whitney JT8D-22 | | Thrust | 14771 to 28900 lbf | 66 to 13 kN | | Performance | | Maximum speed | Mach 2.1 (2,231 km/h) at 11,000 m (36.090 ft) | | Combat range (Max load) | 1240 miles | 2000 km | | Ferry range (Min load) | miles | km | | Service ceiling | 59060 ft | 18,000 m | | Rate of climb | ft/min | m/min | | Thrust/weight | N/kg | | Avionics | | Avionics | | | Armament | | Armament | AJ37: Two Saab Rb05 missiles or Three Saab Rb04 missiles or four Maverick or two Falcon IR missiles four Sidewinder or four 135 mm rocket pods or sixteen 120 kg bombs or two Gun pods with Aden 30mm cannons, a total of two chaff/flare pods or jamming pods. AJS37: additional weapon options to AJ37; Two Rb15, four DWS39 The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan jet engine, introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1964 with the inaugural flight of Boeings 727. ...
Mach number (Ma) is defined as a ratio of speed to the speed of sound in the medium in case. ...
JA37: 1 Oerlikon KCA 30 mm cannon with 150 rounds; a total of six missile stations and a centerline fuel tank for two BAE Skyflash or six AIM-9 Sidewinder or four 135 mm rocket pods. Sidewinder Missile The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. ...
JA37 D: 1 Oerlikon KCA 30 mm cannon with 150 rounds; a total of six missile stations and a centerline fuel tank six AIM-9 Sidewinder and up to four AIM-120 AMRAAM or four 135 mm rocket pods. Sidewinder Missile The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. ...
The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM (pronounced am-ram), commonly known to air crews as the Slammer, is a modern air-to-air missile (AAM). ...
| The Saab Viggen (Thunder Bolt or Bolt ¹) or Saab 37 is a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured between 1970 and 1990 to replace the Saab Draken (Dragon). A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ...
Draken in Flight The Saab J35 Draken (The Dragon) or Saab 35 is a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured by Saab between 1955 and 1974. ...
The first studies aimed at developing a successor to the Draken were carried out between 1952 and 1957 involving the legendary Finnish aircraft designer Aarne Lakomaa. Construction started in 1964, with a first prototype maiden flight in 1967. The aim was to produce a robust single-engined fighter with excellent STOL performance that could be operated from improvised facilities such as roads and highways in the event of nuclear attacks on major installations. Other requirements included supersonic ability at low level, Mach 2 performance at altitude, and the ability to make short landings at low angles of attack (to avoid damaging improvised runways). 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Aarne Lakomaa (1914–2001) was a Finnish aircraft designer. ...
For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...
Prototypes or prototypical instances combine the most representative attributes of a category. ...
The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ...
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
STOL is an acronym for Short Take-Off and Landing, used in the aircraft industry to describe airplanes with very short runway requirements. ...
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To meet these design goals, Saab selected a radical canard¹ configuration: a conventional delta wing with small, high-set canard wings. Canards have since become common in fighter aircraft, notably with the Eurofighter Typhoon and the IAI Kfir.) As both the wing and the forward canard provided lift, the Viggen may be considered a modern biplane. In aeronautics, canard (French for duck) is a type of fixed-wing aircraft in which the tailplane is ahead of the main lifting surfaces, rather than behind them as in conventional aircraft. ...
The delta-wing is a wing planform in the form of a triangle. ...
British Eurofighter Development Aircraft (DA) The Eurofighter Typhoon is a twin-engine multi-role canard-delta strike fighter aircraft, designed and built by a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers, Eurofighter GmbH, formed in 1983. ...
The IAI Kfir (hebrew: כפיר) is an Israeli-built military aircraft based on the French Mirage 5. ...
Hs123 biplane. ...
In theJA37 version, power is provided by a single Svenska Flygmotor RM8B turbofan - essentially a licence-built version of the same Pratt & Whitney JT8D that powered commercial airliners of the '60s like the DC-9 and the 727 but with an afterburner. The engine also incorporated a thrust-reverser to use during landings. Only Viggen and the Panavia Tornado carry both afterburners and thrust-reversers. CFM56-3 turbofan, lower half, side view. ...
The Pratt & Whitney JT8D is a low-bypass turbofan jet engine, introduced by Pratt & Whitney in February 1964 with the inaugural flight of Boeings 727. ...
The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names. ...
Sun Country Airlines B727-200 The Boeing 727 is a large commercial jet airliner carrying as many as 189 passengers. ...
For other uses of afterburner, see Afterburner (disambiguation). ...
The Panavia Tornado is a jet engine fighter-bomber jointly developed as the Multi-role combat aircraft - or MRCA - by the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. ...
Viggen featured a navigational computer, the Datasaab CK37 which by Swedish means was a significant technological achievement at that time. It utilised the STRIL60 system. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x724, 136 KB) Summary http://globalsecurity. ...
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Datasaab was a company branched from Saab in Linköping, Sweden in the late 1950s. ...
The first operational squadron was established in 1972 at Såtenäs with the ground attack optimised version. After 110 of the original AJ37 and 18 Sk37 two-seat trainers were delivered, 26 of the SF37 reconnaissance version to replace the S35 Draken in 1975, and another 26 of the SH37 maritime reconnaissance and strike version were built in 1974, replacing the S32C Saab Lansen. A Squadron is a small unit or formation of cavalry, aircraft (including balloons), or naval vessels. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Trainer may refer to: An aircraft used for training pilots A padded sports shoe (trainer is used commonly in British English where sneaker would be used in American English). ...
Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
The SAAB A32 Lansen (Swedish:lance) was a two-seater attack aircraft produced by SAAB from 1955 to 1960 for Flygvapnet, the Swedish air force. ...
Although the Viggen was offered for sale worldwide, and regarded as a very competent aircraft, no export sales eventuated. Reasons to explain Saab's failure to sell a competitively priced and well-respected aircraft include the Swedish government's relatively strict controls on arms exports to undemocratic countries, potential customers' doubts about continuity of support and supply of spare parts in the event of a conflict disapproved of by Sweden, and strong diplomatic pressure of larger nations (the United States in particular). Dictatorship, in contemporary usage, refers to absolute rule by a leadership (usually one dictator) unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. ...
The final Viggen variant was the JA37 interceptor. The last of 149 JA37s was delivered in 1990. Various upgrades have been performed over the years, mainly to cockpit equipment, weapons and sensor fit, but the Viggen is now phased out in favor of the advanced later generation Gripen and flew it´s last flight in 25 november 2005. The MiG-25 is a Russian interceptor that was the mainstay of the Soviet air defence. ...
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The Saab JAS-39 Gripen (Griffin) is a fighter aircraft, originally from Sweden but later also United Kingdom, manufactured by Saab and BAE Systems. ...
Burt Rutan named his Vari-Viggen kit aircraft after the Saab Viggen. Elbert L. Burt Rutan (born June 17, 1943) is an aircraft designer known for designing light, strong, unusual-looking, energy-efficient aircraft. ...
¹ Viggen, or a "Vigg" is also a tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), which is found in Sweden. Coincidentally(?) "Canard" is French for duck. Binomial name Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus, 1758) The Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) is a medium-sized diving duck. ...
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See also This is a list of Swedish military aircraft since its start. ...
The Swedish Air Force, or Flygvapnet, is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces, the military of Sweden. ...
The Saab 9-3 is a midsize luxury-sport car made by Saab from Sweden. ...
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