Cracking snaps. I keep forgetting to get my phone out when these have lumbered over my house. Been quite unusual to see so many foreign birds recently - I’ve noted US, Canadian, German and I think Dutch variants in the last month.
If I see a Chinese or Russian then I’m offski
Stunning. When Air travel was exotic . . . . I love the old BOAC posters and adverts.
The Swedish ones:
SAAB 19 Tunnan (Tunnan = the barrel), 1951-1974
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SAAB 32 Lansen (lans = lance), 1955-1997
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SAAB 35 Draken (drake = dragon), 1960-1999
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SAAB 37 Viggen (viggen = old word for lightning), 1972-2007
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SAAB JAS 39 Gripen (grip = griffin), 1996-
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What an amazing company Saab were, producing jet fighters, and family saloon cars . . . until quite recently too.
Comet was first aircraft I ever flew in, some long forgotten charter mob in August 1971 to Ibiza.
First johnny foreigner holiday; I mostly remember the onboard food was crap and that when we got off it was like someone had wrapped a hot wet towel around your face.
Got horrendously sunburned first day (as in massive blisters on my arms lanced PM by a Spanish Doctor) and spent the rest of the fortnight inside the Hotel watching the lizards climb the walls. Not the best Holiday I have ever had...
Whats always amazed me about Saab is if their planes were similarly weighted to their cars, they'd never get off the ground!![]()
Stunning. When Air travel was exotic . . . . I love the old BOAC posters and adverts.
Yes the Saab 900 must have been the weight of a tank.
I flew to Spain on a Dan Air Comet in about 1973. Terrible flight, spent two hours hurling.
It looked glamourous . . . . Driving has always been the preferred gentlemans conveyance, in Europe at least
I had a 900 and two 9000s. Yes they were solidly built but all were a terrific drive with bags of power.
Great cars. Turbo lag?