- The Saab 29
Tunnan (The Barrel),
colloquially also
Flygande Tunnan (The
Flying Barrel), is an
early jet-powered
fighter aircraft designed and produced...
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since the 1930s, and the jet
predecessors of the JAS 39
Gripen were the
Tunnan, the Lansen, the
Draken and the Viggen. The last
civilian models made by...
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supported the
development of top
performance domestic models. The Saab 29
Tunnan jet
fighter was
introduced around 1950. In the late 1950s the
Swedish Air...
- The
Ghost powered the de
Havilland Venom, de
Havilland Comet and SAAB 29
Tunnan. It was a scaled-up
development of the Goblin. On 23
March 1948, John Cunningham...
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onset with jet propulsion, such as the de
Havilland Vampire and the Saab 29
Tunnan.
During the
early stages of the
Second World War,
Sweden was
concerned that...
-
Swedish air
force ****ure
replacement for the then also in
development Saab 29
Tunnan dayfighter and Saab 32B
Lansen night fighter. It
featured an innovative...
- Behrbohm, who came to be part of Saab's core in the team
around Saab 29
Tunnan and
upcoming aircraft types like the Saab 32
Lansen and Saab 35 Draken.[citation...
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retired from the
fighter role, to be
replaced in
service with the J 29 (SAAB
Tunnan) and J 34 (Hawker Hunter). In 1968, the
final Vampire trainer was retired...
- post-war
period via
contacts in Switzerland, and
incorporated it into the
Tunnan design,
which was
still limited to
paper studies at the time. Data from...
- for the
Hispano Mk. V cannon, but license-made by
Bofors for the Saab 29
Tunnan series of jet
fighters and attackers. 20 mm akan m/49 -
Bofors cannon used...
