Every Saab Aircraft Ever Made
Video from the channel Statewide USA about Saab, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 5:44. Language: English. Video type: Documentary.
What it's about
A quick catalogue of Saab aircraft grouped by category: combat aircraft, trainers and light utility aircraft, civil aircraft, experimental aircraft, special-mission aircraft, and unmanned aircraft. Each model gets a brief presentation of its role. The piece ends right as it announces the section on unproduced projects.
Historical context
The combat series starts with the Saab 17, the company's first design, and continues with the twin-engine bomber 18, the twin-boom, pusher-propeller 21, the 29 Tunnan, the 32 Lansen, the 35 Draken, the 37 Viggen, and the JAS 39 Gripen. Among the trainers are the Safir, the Saab 105, the MFI-15 Safari and its military version the MFI-17 Supporter, as well as the T-7 Red Hawk developed with Boeing. In civil aviation there are the Saab 90 Scandia, of which few were built, the regional turboprop 340, and the fast Saab 2000.
Key facts
The experimental 201 and 202 tested swept wings, the second for the Lansen, and the 210 trial-tested a scaled-down double-delta wing for the Draken. The video also reviews unmanned demonstrators and special-mission versions such as the 340 AEW&C, the 340 maritime security variant, and the GlobalEye, capable of monitoring air, land, and sea at the same time, as well as the unmanned Skeldar helicopter.