I remember working on those planes in the 80-s when doing my military service, realising It was a really great period of my life. And it was. J35 Draken still is a stunning beautiful plane.

60+ years later and look at the thing go.. Quality engineering and maintenance.

For me this is the most beautiful jetplane ever made..and I remember them patroling the swedish borders during the s.c "cold war" in the 70-ies....it still flies with honor.

It was fantastic to see this plane live again, last time I saw Draken flying it was somewhere in the nineties when FiAF was still using this plane. What a great plane, I hope Swedes keep this beauty flying many years still, great piece of an aviation engineering. Congrats for good camera work, great video.

For its time, pure brilliance. Also looking cool as hell.

It literally looks like a U.F.O.!!! SAAB built some fascinating aircraft, a very futuristic design!!

@leeeastwood6368

5 жыл бұрын

just think what it must have looked like in 1955!! no wonder sightings of ufo's went through the roof!!

@JuzzlinOSS

4 жыл бұрын

UFO or Batman's aircraft 😊

@user-md5yz4gt2p

4 жыл бұрын

美しい

@axonoxa

4 жыл бұрын

Delta swept wing

One interesting fact: Theoretically this aircraft had no limit to the max speed. Because the RAM power increased faster than the drag. In reality, lack of fuel limited the max speed.

@carpetclimber4027

4 жыл бұрын

Just like Viggen. Poweeeer!

@diamonddog257

4 жыл бұрын

... or even a more modern efficient, ... stronger engine ?? hmmmmm

@harri9885

4 жыл бұрын

The Draken also has some quite violent stalling properties. :)

@jonjonsson6323

4 жыл бұрын

diamonddog257 the engine is only slightly less powerful than gripens , the fuel economy is bad only but power is almost of todays standard.

@noc1891

4 жыл бұрын

there is a another doc about draken were the we had some french pilots(and planes) doing some training and 2 draken was gona catch up for the training and they went like full throttle, when they were like 4km(or so cant rem) away they throttled down and still passed the 2 french pilots by miles =) so it was one of the fasted planes of its time.

😍🇸🇪This Saab J 35 Draken fighter is SO beautiful!!! This airplane ”Johan 56” the Swedish Government sold to Saab AB last year. She will remain airworthy for atleast 9 more years👍🏾

Awesome aircraft. Awesome camerawork and soundrecoding. A lot of spotters overlook the importance of getting high-quality sound. Good job and thanks for sharing.

Excellent aircraft. The Draken is definitely one of my favorites.

Awesome to see the J-35 back again! Amazed how good the display was! Almost like the old day's. I think the program was boosted to celebrate Finnish Air Force 100th Anniversary. Great video!

Great video!!!! The J 35 Draken is such a beautiful aircraft and it's sound is sweet music.

Even in standard of today, the shape is still look like science friction. How can they think of this beautiful shape !

The most beautiful aircraft in the world still...🥰👍

Video quality and filming was on point! Simply amazing, thanks for the video because I didnt have the possibility to come see it live. Hopefully someday I will still see Draken live, thanks for the Swedes!

@Samuel-tw2op

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, that was amazing to see it live! i have been in side of draken because that pilot is my dads friend. it looked like pretty small:0

Growing up in Sweden during the height of the cold war we were treated to low altitude flybys of residential areas by these menacing birds several times per year. It's a sound I haven't heard in decades. Very nostalgic.

My favourite aircraft light years ahead of its time

I marvel at Sweden, a country with a small population but the industries they have in producing top class automobiles in the likes of Volvo and Saab, and jet fighters such as Draken, Viggen, and currently the Grippen. No other small nations can be compared to Sweden in terms of such technological breakthrough except Israel in some aspects.

@finntastique3891

6 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I have the highest respect for SAABs aircraft engineers, who bere behind J-29 Tunnan, J32 Lansen, J-35 Draken, J-37 Viggen and JAS-39 Gripen.

@zoperxplex

6 жыл бұрын

Sadly that can no longer be said of their automobile industry.

@Pow3llMorgan

6 жыл бұрын

There are also huge appliance and engine manufacturer like Husqvarna, large electrical engineering ABB, weapons manufacture Bofors and of course small, decorative wooden horses.

@luisestebanr6311

5 жыл бұрын

Povl Besser indeed

@per-olajonsson2920

5 жыл бұрын

I am from Sweden and this is what Sweden stands for! But now the money go to migrants.

The Swedes sure know how to make sexy ass looking Jet Fighters.

@WXIWXI

4 жыл бұрын

Good working also!

@harri9885

4 жыл бұрын

Have to agree with that.

I have been head first into an intake duct to a Draken. It was defunct, not-running one but still it was an actual, piece of history that flew for the Finnish Air Force. I went as far as I could, before I went back and scraped my nuts while I was pulled the rest of the way out. That was back in 2014-2015. I've also almost gotten my nuts burnt by the control wires at the top of the airframe by sitting at the wrong spot with the covers removed and the controls being moved. My nuts have gone through more things than Sids in Age Age, and that's only with Saab Drakens.

This fighter was well ahead in the fifties.....workmanship..

for those that dont know. this is the aircraft the Draken III is based off of from Macross Delta. also i know how rare this draken is so its really nice seeing one still flying

The jet just looks amazing !!!!

I was fortunate enough to the Austrians flying their Drakens at a show in the United Kingdom. It was an impressive performer!

Love the way the sun light hits that paint scheme, almost like it's washing light over the wing. Always wanted to see a J-35 fly.

Kudos to the Swedes for keeping their 50s/60s aircraft flying. The UK on the other hand....

@Gibbs6415

6 жыл бұрын

The UK is keeping Spitfires and Hurricanes in the air. They have a Lightning, a Vulcan, I believe there was a Sea Vixen not too long ago.

@tatuitkonen1256

6 жыл бұрын

I thought last flying Vulcan was retired?

@CAL1MBO

6 жыл бұрын

Tatu Itkonen and all Lightnings are grounded, none have been kept airworthy. This kid is chatting shit.

@neuroleptic2563

6 жыл бұрын

and the hawker hunters in the black arrows team.

@clydefrog50

6 жыл бұрын

The Tornado might not be as old as this but it's put the work in. There's only so much time and space for nostalgia.

Thank you for this excelent video! The draken were also used by the austrian militiry.....I watched the draken at the airshow at 30th of august 1999 in graz/austria - a great plane!

Many thanks for filming - great video!

I've seen couple of those during airshows. One very loud machine indeed

Great video. So cool to see the planes I read about as a kid still in the air, thanks.

We have one of these on a plynth at the finnish air force academy, its amazing to just look at it.

Most beautiful Fighter Jet Ever to this Date!

The Dragon Roars.

One of the coolest looking Jets of all time.

The most beautiful design, looks like a strange airplane as an invader from the space.

Excellent video of a really neat jet. Thanks for sharing!

The shape of this aircraft is so beautiful

God i really love the saab draken

Superb video! That high speed pass!!🤘🏻😉 Love the Draken, she’s always been a favourite.🙂

@jeff-gl1yx

6 жыл бұрын

Here's something that might even make you like it even more. Draken means dragon in swedish. Possibly the coolest name of a fighter ever.

@vikx512

6 жыл бұрын

Acctually "Draken" in the case of the J35 means "Kite" like you know "flygande drake" not dragon.

@jeff-gl1yx

6 жыл бұрын

vikx512 it means “a dragon” “the dragon”. It’s not named “flygande draken” now is it?

@vikx512

6 жыл бұрын

Believe what you want.

@jeff-gl1yx

6 жыл бұрын

vikx512 Be quiet kid.

Simple but amazing Design! What a Jet!!! :-)

When you think that airplane was flying at the same time as the Leduc 022... The 1950s were a fantastic decade.

@stettan1

4 жыл бұрын

Chevrolet Bel Airs, Les Paul guitars and Miles Davis😁

She's a beauty😍

Sexiest aircraft there is. Such a beautiful profile. Thx for the upload. :)

fun fact, draken was the first jet to performe the cobra manuver or as it's more know "kort parad" (short parade), even before that russian pilot did it.

Cool looking jet. Very unique.

Thank you - a great airplane! Always fascinating - well filmed! We also used them here in austria!

Deadly impressed.

Hieno video. Hienoa kuvaustyötä.

Se on VOIMA mikä taivaan kannen repii 😊 UPEE KONE 😍💥🇫🇮

It looks brand new!

What an unusual looking but awesome aircraft.

On se maailman hienoin kone 🇸🇪

These always meant a risk of war when i grew up, the roar of ten of these up together is massive and i was pretty afraid of a division of them passing. J35j upgraded version was active to 1998, and could have gotten a new engine after that but more effort was put in to gripens agility. Compared to viggen these never got same material problems so they could have been flying still but the complex mechanical inside was in need of modern solutions and thus too costly . Still they have several benefits over many other planes so i hope they make a new model. The strangest thing about these is that they do turn pretty fast without a forward wing wich suits high speed, a very proper design. The export versions did not always utilise missiles as the home wersions had and probably led to an early decomission even though not really justified.

What a Beauty! Great Video!

Looks modern until now, beautiful airplane :)

it still looks very futuristic and has an impressiver performance. Saab is doing very well. See the Grippen today.

Great vintage science-fiction plane !

Hienosti kuvattu 👍👍😍

A Fighter that could equal the performance of the BAC Lightning on literally half the power!

@LRRPFco52

Жыл бұрын

BAC Lightning had faster take-off and climb rate because it had 2 Rolls Royce Avons, whereas Draken has 1 Avon (most people don't realize the Draken was powered by the Rolls Royce Avon). Draken is under-powered, but has superior aerodynamics to the Lightning. It's almost half the weight of a Lightning, so a more efficient design. If we were to approach it with modern construction methods using carbon fiber spars, runners, and skin, with a modern engine and DFLCS, it would be a rocket ship and less prone to deep stalling. Beautiful airplane though.

Man i love that delta wing!!

Amazing bird!

Stunning

Wish this was at RIAT.. its exactly what the show needs to break up all the F-16 and F-18 displays for 2018

@John-The-Farmer

6 жыл бұрын

I hope they bring it next year, it's absolutely beautiful.

What a futuristic design for its day beautiful aircraft

Excellent video

Beautiful

Outstanding design.

geez, what a beast that airplane is

Lovely aircraft.

No katos perkele! Draken lentää! Minä olin myös tuolla näytöksessä ja katsomassa kuinka draken kulkee 👍 oli hyvä näytös ja draken näytti soniciacin

This is one cool craft and very deadly. Something like Darth Vader would fly. It doesn't look like it came from Earth. Very unique. A dream it must be to fly one.

Super video

What a beautiful jet

Bellísimo y Letal

Todella hyvää jälkeä. Miten saat seurattua noin vakaasti ja mikä kamera? Very good quality. How you can track so steady and what is your camera?

The plane has something uniquely appealing.

Maailman kaunein lennokki !

Great to see at Jyväskylä

Such a unique delta wing over all the rest and nothing comes close. Almost looks like something out of the thunderbirds..

We trust in Finland in Swedish technology as the fighters and cars which goes well in winter too. Sadly Sweden has droven blueeydly it's own military force down! In the 70's Sweden had the fourht strongest airforce in Europe. Draken and Wiggen are both oldfashioned fighters now but maybe the Gripen X should be the next Finnish fighter.

Reporting this for pornography. :P In all seriousness, though... wow. Hypnotizingly beautiful aircraft.

I almost cry.

Nice aircraft.

Sound of freedom:):)

Wow! ”Area88”(japanese comics by Kaoru Shintani)！

For you none swedish speaking people, Draken means Dragon. And that name fits it Well.

Good old days!!

For å kunne se Drakens fly ... Det svenske flyet er veldig vakkert

When I was a little boy, I had a plastic model of that plane. I've never see draken flying. Looks great. Better than mirage-2000 - plane wich had delta wings too. Probably looks better than any other plane from those years.

I wonder what its low speed stall characteristics are and how much if effects landing

That plane´s sound scared the shit out of me as a kid!

the dragon is awesome no1

absolutely fabulous video--the vid camera you're using,...make and model please? one of the best videos on youtube.

Every plane should equip the tail's auxiliary wheel.

@svennoren9047

6 жыл бұрын

JetKeene That came with the extended afterburner, we don't want a literal tail dragger.

Это время F - 4, МиГ 17 и МиГ - 21 ... Интересно их всех сравнить по ТТХ и по отзывам пилотов летавших на них ... Есть ли пилоты на всех этих ЛА совершавших полёты ??

That is a unique plane...

On se hieno kone 🇸🇪

WOOOOOO💪💪💪💪💪

In the 50s she really was a flying saucer,choice aircraft.

i miss our (Denmark) Dragons which we replaced with Falcons which in turn we will be replacing with JSFs..... sigh