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Re: Goodbye Draken!

Postby Craig. » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:40 am

sorry Theis as good as the gripen is, it would still be wiped from the sky by the Typhoon. Thats coming from guys who have flown both. ;)
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Re: Goodbye Draken!

Postby C » Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:45 am

sorry Theis as good as the gripen is, it would still be wiped from the sky by the Typhoon. Thats coming from guys who have flown both. ;)


Nice for BAE Systems though, as they were marketing both! ;D
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Re: Goodbye Draken!

Postby Craig. » Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:06 pm


Nice for BAE Systems though, as they were marketing both! ;D

Its a good pay off thats for sure.
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Re: Goodbye Draken!

Postby Sytse » Mon Nov 28, 2005 3:26 pm

Draken out of service?
:( shame...
They sound very nice.  8)
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Re: Goodbye Draken!

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Nov 28, 2005 4:23 pm

A classic kite.... a sad day for Saab lovers!
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Re: Goodbye Draken!

Postby C » Mon Nov 28, 2005 6:03 pm

I think it's a beautiful aircraft!

Sadly I've never seen a real one and likely never will :(


Unless you go to the states. I think the privately run test pilot school (ie not the USAFTPS or USNTPS) has one or two in use...

[edit] National Test Pilot School [url]http://www.ntps.edu/[/i]

Interesting collection of aeroplanes they use, including the DHC-1 Chipmunk, DH-104 Dove and the NDN Firecracker...
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