Saab B17 WW2 Era Bomber Beautiful Airshow Practise Full Flight - Kaivari 2021

World War II era Swedish Saab B17A bomber airshow performance at Kaivopuisto (Kaivari) Airshow 2021, Helsinki, Finland. This is the only flyiing B17 in the universe. Respect to the old warhorse! The B17, "Blå Johan", is owned by the Saab company and was restored to flying condition by Saab AB in the 1990s. Saab AB also operates the plane.
Plane: Saab B17A
Pilot: Johan Sjöstrand, Saab AB
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Kaivopuisto Airshow 2020 6.-7.8.2021
Helsinki, Finland
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SAAB B17 Bomber
The Saab 17 is a Swedish single-engine monoplane reconnaissance dive-bomber aircraft of the 1940s originally developed by ASJA prior to its merger into Saab. It was the first all-metal stressed skin aircraft developed in Sweden.
The SAAB B 17 has some unique design features, the most notable of which are the massive, main landing gear door covers. These serve as dive brakes; during a dive-bombing run, the pilot will lower the landing gear, which extends these highly drag-inducing gear doors into the slipstream, limiting the aircraft’s speed in a 70-degree dive to no more than 500 kph, thus helping bombing accuracy and safe aircraft pullout after ordnance release.
SAAB built a total of 322 B 17s in three different versions, which primarily depended upon which engine type they used. The B 17A flew with a 1,065hp Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp C-3 (which Sweden later copied, without a license, as the STWC-3), the B 17B fielded a 980 hp Bristol Pegasus Mk.XXIV while the B 17C used a 1,000 hp Piaggio P XI RC 40D. For winter conditions, the aircraft could operate with skis in place of the wheels. There was also a floatplane version, the S 17BS (the initial S in the designation refers to ”Spaning”, i.e. “Reconnaissance” with the other S is short for ”Sjö”, i.e. ”Sea”).
Today, just five SAAB B 17s remain extant.
Blå Johan
During a dinner meeting at the Air Force Museum in Linköping in September 1995, Saab’s public relations manager, Anders Annerfalk, raised the idea of restoring SE-BYH back into airworthy condition. Saab AB’s 60th anniversary celebrations were due in 1997, and the B 17 would make a wonderful sight in the air alongside more current Saab-built aircraft in the present military fleet. Jan Nygren, the head of Saab Military Aircraft, liked the idea and discussed the practicalities that same evening with the head of the Swedish Air Force Museum, Sven Scheiderbauer. After a lot of work, they test ran it for the first time on April 1, 1997; after 29 years in storage, the powerplant roared back to life - with some extra smoke and fire for effect!
Role Reconnaissance-dive bomber
National origin Sweden
Manufacturer SAAB
First flight 18 May 1940
Introduction March 1942
Retired 1968 (Ethiopia)
Primary users Swedish Air Force, Imperial Ethiopian Air Force, Royal Danish Air Force
Produced 1941-1944
Number built 326 (including 2 prototypes)[2]
SAAB B17 -POMMIKONE
Saab B 17 on Suomen ilmavoimienkin historiassa vaikuttanut kone: se palveli ilmavoimissa maalihinauskoneena vuosina 1959-1961. On todella harvinaista, että ainoa lentävä Saab B17 nähdään Ruotsin rajojen ulkopuolella.
Saab B17 oli monin tavoin innovatiivinen. Laskutelineet olivat sisäänvedettävät ja verhottu virtaviivaisin suojapellein, joiden avulla alaslaskettuja laskutelineitä voitiin käyttää syöksyjarruina syöksypommituksissa. Pyörien tilalle voitiin asentaa myös sukset, ja kone oli mahdollista varustaa myös kiinteillä kellukkeilla.
Konemallia on nykyään lentokuntoisena vain yksi yksilö (Blå Johan) ja juuri se nähdään Kaivopuiston lentonäytöksessä. Ensilentonsa kone lensi vuonna 1940.
The Kaivopuisto Airshow 2021 returned to Helsinki seafront on Friday evening, August 6th, 2021. The show featured both civil aviation classics and today’s equipment. In addition to Friday, the ground exhibition was open on Saturday, 7th of August. The event was free and open to everyone.
Kaivopuiston lentonäytös 2021 lennettiin Helsingin edustalla perjantai-iltana 6.8. klo 16-21. Näytöksessä esiintyi niin siviili-ilmailun klassikoita kuin nykypäivän kalustoa. Maanäyttely oli avoinna perjantain lisäksi lauantaina 7.8. Kaivari 21 oli Suomen Ilmailuliiton päälentonäytös vuonna 2021.
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[@Frank-rh7vh]

At first: Like and Sub is a must for me - very interesting channel! Second: Great footage and best camworks of a Great Warbird - 1000x Thank You and big LIKE !!! And in my opinion are B-17/Tunnan/Lansen/Draken/Viggen/Gripen... ICONIC !!! ♥🎖👍

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Thanks mate.

[@philb3549]

Skön (or kaunis) ! The under carriage fairings are cool and it could be fitted with retractable skis.