SAAB 35 Draken Airshow Performance - Big Afterburner!

[@keithallver2450]

It's hard to believe the Draken first flew back in 1955 because even now in 2022 it's a sleek, beautiful, futuristic-looking fighter jet.

[@PaddyPatrone]

True

[@JuhaK71]

Damned, they were loud! With an afterburner loud as hell! Just a 18 years old boy was wandering how old plane Draken really was.

[@teleman07]

Really? You must love Ho 229.

[@keithallver2450]

@@teleman07 I do, actually.

[@littlebritain64]

Yes, only 10 years after the II World War!!

[@drpork1360]

Definitely one of the coolest Cold War Era designs.

[@RundFyrkant]

1:26 I remember that sound from when i was a 6 year old living close to an airbase in Sweden in the 80s. Sometimes they came in for a turn, flying in pairs with slightly different enginerevs which made a very certain phasing sound in the air and it was just amazing for a young aviationentusiast. The sound of a Dragon 🎵🎶 Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@sly2392]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL AIRCRAFT.

[@LEJapproach]

One of the most advanced fighter aircraft of its time and one of the coolest looking ever! Thanks for sharing! 👍

[@littlebritain64]

I always loved the fighters from Sweden! Self made and high performance wonders!

[@Plastpackad]

Saab had some german speaking Aero engineers (klopf) helping out with the ground breaking design plus getting the very best British engine there was (legend has it SAAB got the very best RR jet engine after winning a game of snookers! vs the British defense officials.).

[@welltell.]

Amazing being able to hear that jet engine switching from after burner off to after burner on... i was just waiting for the sonic boom to happen.

[@andersandersson5815]

Draken was build as a high speed interceptor with a decent amount of offensive weapons. Fast gain altitude, attack the target and then return to base. As a domestic, engineering project in Sweden, I think they came up with an excellent high speed interceptor. Draken can perform the famous Cobra maneuver. Thanks for the upload!

[@Death_By_Snu_Snu]

Did not Draken pilots invent the Cobra maneuver?

[@JJ-xi5or]

​@Death_By_Snu_Snu yes, they did

[@Amadeuslt]

@@Death_By_Snu_Snu 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@YourSweatyUncle]

@@Amadeuslt whats so funny?

[@beauryker]

Damn, that's a gorgeous plane!

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

It’s ugly

[@MaxAviationVideos]

Seeing the long tailed 35's ignite their afterburner is just something ELSE isn't it!? :)

[@b1lleman]

Got to love the small tail wheels .... Swedish practicallity :-) I saw this plane and the viggen when I was in Sweden in 1990 (IACE). Best voyage ever.

[@bobingram6912]

Still got it after all these years, that's what you call a proper airshow display, beats all this new stuff.

[@emilholmsten8600]

one of the Loudest planes I have heard

[@lawrencemartin1113]

Turning money into noise with the loud lever on 'full loud'. Wonderful. Great filming and a truly wonderful aircraft. Still so clear to see the lineage in all the Swedish fighters; Viggen, Draken, and the Gripen. All great aircraft.

[@FritzKraut]

remember these powerfull birds on any summer hollidays visiting our Swedish relatives in Askersund in the early sixties. What wonderfull times back then.

[@russellbateman3392]

Swedish technology: understated and rockin'!

[@jimlathroum8040]

The last climb on afterburner, before landing, was awesome!

[@Frank-rh7vh]

In the nordic mythology, and also others, the DRAKEN (Dragon) is standing for enormous Power, Destruction and Might. This flying weapon, the SAAB 35 is showing it perfect - until today... really a Dragon ! LIKE and Thank You , PaddyPatrone !!!

[@stuartwren5526]

Like something from a sci fi film. Not into jets but that is exceptional! 🇬🇧

[@timw6928]

Sleek beautiful aircraft, what an amazing era it was for aircraft design.

[@Chilly_Billy]

In my best Crocodile Dundee accent, "Naw mate, THESE are Leading Edge Extensions!"

[@chrismaggio7879]

If they rolled that out of a hangar for the first time this year it would frighten the fighter community! It still has the coolest look of almost any fighter ever designed (IMHO). Almost spacecraft-like.

[@mitchellrider9550]

Had no idea it was that agile! Gotta love turbo jets, afterburners and the smell of their exhaust.

[@JuhaK71]

Finnish AF had them too. They were LOUD!

[@wernerheyckendorff729]

I am pretty sure what we saw here is nowhere near it's limits. As far as I can find it was capable of a sustainde 9G in turns.

[@705547]

Einer der schönsten und beeindruckendsten Jets für mich 😎 Ich hoffe die kommen auch zur Airpower wieder👍

[@PaddyPatrone]

Draken steht auf der Teilnehmerliste

[@Movetheproduct]

SAAB is just amazing!

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

Ya . Amazing junk

[@Ailasor]

@@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835 beats whatever shit your country makes by a long shot..

[@muhannad2910]

Many thanks for all efforts God bless you

[@genuz]

Seing those scramble usually meant broken windows on my grandparents farm. Impressive to say the least. They look alien even compared to modern fighters.

[@ominous-omnipresent-they]

Goddamn, it's so aggressively stunning!

[@manuelpedrajasmengibar9326]

Un avión adelantado a su tiempo....very beautiful 😎

[@patrikfloding7985]

It just looks better with time!

[@luisrenatodasilva9475]

Um dos mais belos caças já construídos, monomotor mais de 2 X velocidade do som.

[@maximilliancunningham6091]

Magnificent. Should still be in production, with modernized electronics.

[@davebowman6497]

Of-course! But we need a modern engine. The RM6 / Rolls Royce Avon is no longer in production, and a modern engine will have a much better fuel economy. As you said, we need to replace all electronics, including avionics, handling of contemporary weapons, a completely new radar of modern standard, new defensive countermeasures, highly integrated communications and information sharing with other units of the Swedish (and now NATO) armed forces. Next we should modify it to be able to perform all mission types previously done by separate aircraft models: Interception (Swedish "Jakt", attack ("Attack") and surveillance ("Spaning"). Finally (?) we would like to modify it to be extremely maneuverable, maybe even make it an instable plane using computer controlled canard wings to keep it in a stable state. With all that we might as well give it a new name. Since Swedish airforce planes have had their names prefixed with letter(s) denoting its role/mission , and since this modified J35 now can do three mission types I would suggest "JAS". 😊

[@alexandermathar7780]

It was more modern than everything the US and the Soviets put out in the 50s !!

[@johanblom3591]

A 69 year old beauty...!!

[@nattygsbord]

Swedens coolest looking jet fighter.

[@gambanteinodal1246]

Majestic Warbird!

[@garycook2500]

Just brilliant

[@tomnekuda3818]

Nice looking aircraft.

[@PATRIK67KALLBACK]

I am biased since I'm a swede, but she is so beautiful.

[@bobthebomb1596]

I am British, but she has always been in my top two aircraft.

[@spitfirenutspitfirenut4835]

It’s ugly

[@Franky46Boy]

Straight from the last episode of Star Wars...

[@SomeMaxiboy]

LOVE the video btw!

[@a320nick]

Nice vids Paddy.

[@215alessio]

Awesome 👌

[@SaraiMartinez-du9nb]

❤❤havent had a problem whith It 😮😮😮

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

havent watched it yet does it do the thing

[@Juno58]

👍 Endlich mal eine Draken im richtigen Farbschema. Sorry Ösis. 😀

[@SaraiMartinez-du9nb]

❤❤❤ emoji 😮😮😮

[@มดดํา-ภ5ต]

ฉันว่าเครื่องบินสวีเดนเหมาะสมค่าใช้จ่ายต่อชั่วโมงบินมันต่ำก็หมายความว่านักบินมีโอกาสที่จะมีชั่วโมงบินเพิ่มขึ้นอีก 1 เท่าตัวเป็นอย่างน้อยเขาจะมีขีดความสามารถที่สูงขึ้นเมื่อเขาขับเครื่องบิน 2 เครื่องยนต์รุ่นใหญ่ในอนาคต

[@johnp7304]

Hot Dogging, I love it.

[@747driver3]

Full burner the whole time to keep that Delta wing turning.

[@SomeMaxiboy]

How do you know what an Ä sounds like? ;)

[@biopower5160]

Was this at danish Air show?:)

[@PaddyPatrone]

Yes, Danish Airshow 2022

[@biopower5160]

@@PaddyPatrone Nice! I remeber the speed pass where he turned off the afterburners and I heard the danish voice :))

[@daniellandqvist3908]

And the swedish pilots invented the Cobra maneuver in that plane........many 5th or 6th generation figther are having problems doing that, Draken was like made for it

[@chriscarbaugh3936]

Does the Swedish AF operate and maintain this? How many? 😎

[@dash9655]

Its a muesum piece. Even the aircraft which came after it is retired.

[@grumpynovelist]

The Swedish Air Force Historic Flight maintains and operates a number of vintage Saab aircraft: One J29, one J32, one J35, one SK35 (two-seater Draken), and two Saab 37 (one AJ37 and one SK37). They're frequently seen at airshows around Europe. Pretty soon, I'm guessing they'll add Saab 105 to the line-up, it's in the process of being retired from service (mid-2024).

[@parsaebrahimi9601]

درود بر شرف سازدش

[@drbichat5229]

Sweden makes beautiful women and airplanes

[@Thunder_6278]

A good design is a good design! The only American plane of that era that has a striking is the F-104.

[@chegeny]

Godhet nådig. 🤓 What an intimidating aircraft for 1955. The Draken must’ve given the Soviets pause if they had any thought of invading Sweden.

[@zymelin21]

way back in 1962 I was at the signal corps NCO school. We cadets were pressganged into being monitors, seat allocators etc. for some airshow. I happedned to be standing next to the russian Air attache (easy to see who he was with a chest full of medals etc), two Drakens flew by right side up, and with like the flick of a switch they flew upside down. the attache saw it too, and lost his jaw. an improvement on the "Immelmann turn"

[@17cmmittlererminenwerfer81]

Gorgeous. But in English, the word "Danish" has no umlaut. ;)

[@Mqt-x5y]

mig21と初飛行同じ

[@lightningmcqueen181]

What a shame that their was such heavy cloud cover

[@PaddyPatrone]

@@lightningmcqueen181 I have filmed several Draken Displays over the years. Check my channel.

[@lightningmcqueen181]

@@PaddyPatrone 👍 Saab makes some Lethal Arial Hotrod's !

[@SilasPessoni]

🚀🚀🫣🚀🚀

[@totolecretin]

Il fallait au moins un réacteur Américain pour faire voler ce camion...

[@jakefiersing]

No cool manoeuvres like russian jets performe. Boring.

[@PaddyPatrone]

@@jakefiersing this jet was designed in the 1950s

[@jakefiersing]

@@PaddyPatrone You are right.👍 I mixed it up with the Gripen.😥

[@Andy-kf4rd]

This beauty could more than shame new aircraft and to me it looks better aswell

[@PaddyPatrone]

First aircraft to perform the cobra maneuver

[@1Roamingwolf]

Whats so spectacular about it really?? its turnrate is slow as a snail, same with the rest, it does a few slow turns, thats it, boring as heck.

[@ikmalshahrinbedokviewss3630]

clearly you have no idea what the draken is capable of, also this thing was made in the 1950s, so pushing its airframe is just asking for trouble

[@PaddyPatrone]

The Saab 35 was the first aircraft to fly the Cobra maneuver. They don`t show that on airshows...

[@m-h1217]

Slow as a snail yet the first aircraft to do one of the most aggressive maneuvers in history?