Tango01 | 17 Mar 2015 11:27 p.m. PST |
"The Saab 29 Tunnan (barrel) was the second jet fighter to enter service with the Swedish Flygvapnet. It followed on from the Saab 21R, which was actually a jet-powered development of a piston-engined design. In common with other jet aircraft developed in the late 1940s, it was originally designed with a straight wing. However, by the time the prototype was in development, captured German research information was available and this convinced the Swedes to adopt a swept wing configuration instead. The Tunnan was powered by a licence built version of the De Havilland Ghost engine used in the British Venom fighter bomber and Comet airliner…"
See here link Amicalement Armand |
Thomas Nissvik | 18 Mar 2015 2:14 a.m. PST |
The Revell version of Tunnan was one of the first model kits I ever built. Fond memories. And I've seen them fly at air shows. Only Swedish-built plane to see combat duty as far as I know (Congo), not counting JAS photo recon missions. |
Rhoderic III and counting | 18 Mar 2015 4:13 a.m. PST |
The name "Tunnan", by the way, is Swedish for "The Barrel". |
jpattern2 | 18 Mar 2015 5:05 a.m. PST |
I have several Tunnans, as well as many other Swedish planes, in my model collection. I've heard good things about this one by Tarangus, so I'll probably wind up buying and building it, too. |
FoxtrotPapaRomeo | 18 Mar 2015 10:51 a.m. PST |
The Austrians had 2 squadrons of Tunnans, and one is on display at the Arsenal Museum in Vienna.
gaetanmarie.com/en/j29.htm (number 5) |
Tango01 | 18 Mar 2015 11:32 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the info my friends!. Amicalement Armand |
Mako11 | 18 Mar 2015 12:31 p.m. PST |
A neat looking little jet. Wish one was available, in metal, in 1/300th, or 1/600th scales. |
jurgenation | 18 Mar 2015 2:18 p.m. PST |
They used them in combat in The Congo in the Sixties,taking out the Katangan airforce as it was. |
commanderroj | 25 Mar 2015 3:02 p.m. PST |
A friend of mine who does some modelling had one on the workbench. Not sure what happened to it. If I hear anything I'll let you know. |
Anarchy | 15 Jun 2015 12:56 p.m. PST |
There is a 6mm one on Shapeways, but the material is rough. |
Tango01 | 17 Jun 2015 3:43 p.m. PST |
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tuscaloosa | 21 Jun 2015 6:57 p.m. PST |
Love that cute tail arrangement. |